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No one seriously hurt in morning accident
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
A three-vehicle pileup in front of Ace Hardware in Linton today resulted in damage to vehicles, but no serious injuries. According to Linton police officer Duane Collenbaugh, Matthew W. Brown of Jasonville was eastbound on State Road 59 at 10:05 this morning when he "looked up and saw traffic stopped."...
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Agnes Keagy
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
PRESCOTT, Ariz. ---- Agnes "Dru" Keagy of Prescott Ariz., and formerly of Jasonville, passed away at 10:50 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at her residence. Born Feb. 7, 1928, in Jasonville, she was daughter of James and Alice Overman. She was an avid card player and was in several bridge clubs...
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Lillian Ruth Schloot
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
SULLIVAN ---- Lillian Ruth Schloot, 85 and of Sullivan, passed away at 9:10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002 in Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born Aug. 22, 1916, in Worthington, she was the daughter of Parker and Stella Thompson. She was a retired beautician, and a member of New Hope Baptist Church...
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Cardinals drop two
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Bloomfield was outscored in three of four quarters as the Cardinals lost a 42-29 decision to host Oolitic in a seventh-grade boys basketball game Thursday night. Jordan Maryfield topped the Cardinals with 13 points, including two 3-pointers. Tyler Nickless was 4 of 5 at the foul line and finished with eight points...
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Miners 11-1
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Riley Beach (12 points), Caleb Fischer (11), Evan Austin (10) and Josh Miller (10) all scored in double figures to help Linton-Stockton's eighth-grade boys basketball team conclude the regular season with a 55-42 victory at North Daviess Thursday night...
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Miners ready for sectional action
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Despite just winning two regular season games, both against winless Union (Dugger), Linton-Stockton coach Mike Riggleman has seen improvement this season. "As a whole, this team is playing much better basketball than at any time last year," said Riggleman, whose Lady Miners will take a 2-18 record into their opening round Class 2A sectional game against Evansville Mater Dei at North Knox at 7:30 p.m. ...
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WRV hot going into sectional play
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
White River Valley is the two-time defending Class A girls basketball sectional champion and might be the hottest team entering the Clay City Sectional. North Central owns the best record (14-4, entering its final two games including Saturday's matchup with Class A No. 1 ranked North Vermillion) and has defeated everyone in the tournament...
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Sectional tickets on sale at Linton
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Season tickets for the Class 2A North Knox girls basketball sectional are available through Tuesday at Linton-Stockton High School. The tickets, good for all three sessions on Tuesday; Friday, Feb. 8; and Saturday, Feb. 9, cost $9. Single-session tickets, which are $5, will only be sold at the gate...
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WRV takes Clay City
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Kris Boyd (12 points) and Billy Parrott (10) combined for 22 points to help White River Valley-Worthington defeat host Clay City 53-16 in a sixth-grade boys basketball game Thursday night. Boyd also had two assists and two rebounds and Parrott tallied five assists, four rebounds and four steals...
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Union splits with Graysville
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Blane Boyd tossed in 25 points to lead the Dugger fifth grade boys basketball team to a 33-27 victory at Graysville Thursday night. Also for the Bulldogs (7-1), Adam Lipscomb had three points, Michael Talpas and Logan Chesterfield both had two points and Brandon Hathaway added one...
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Cell phones: A safety tool or menace?
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Your views on cell phones can vary from extolling their virtues as a safety feature you wouldn't leave home without, to being a distraction that causes some drivers to weave all over the road while using one. So, do cell phones keep you out of danger or put you in it? That's the subject of a national debate...
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Mullis' dream to become reality with club
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Terry Mullis is a man on a mission. He's been working to start a model airplane club in Greene County, and now, thanks to 4-H and the Linton Elks Lodge, he's finally getting his wish. Mullis is in the process of signing up Greene county youths, ages 12 to 14, for a unique new club which will conduct its first meeting in March. He believes teaching kids how to fly model airplanes by guiding them with remote-control devices from the ground, will be good fun as well as a learning experience...
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Candidates who have filed for May primary
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Those who have filed with the Greene County Clerk's office to run in the 2002 primary election thus far include: CLERK Thomas H. Franklin - R ASSESSOR Nancy S. Snellenberger - D Jerry R. Frye - R PROSECUTING ATTORNEY David N. Powell - R STOCKTON TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR...
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Greene County ranks No. 7 in unemployment
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Greene County remains in the top 10 of a category it would just as soon be at the bottom of the list: The state's unemployment rankings. The county ranks No. 7 in the December 2001 unemployment rankings at 7.7 percent. Fayette County in southeastern Indiana (with Connersville as the county seat) has the state's highest unemployment ranking at 11.5 percent. ...
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Cullison wants to help county
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
Even though Edward Cullison had already filed his candidacy for Greene County Council representing District 2, Tuesday night's State of the Union speech really impacted him. "President Bush was talking about people getting involved. That hit home for me when he mentioned it," Cullison explained...
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Harry F. Dyer
(Local News ~ 02/01/02)
SEYMOUR ---- Harry F. Dyer, 78 and of Seymour, passed away at 4:35 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002, at Memorial Hospital in Seymour. Born June 23, 1923 in Worthington, he was the son of A. Earl and Clara (Wall) Dyer. He retired from Seymour Post Office after 35 years of service. He was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, a lifetime member of VFW Post 1925; American Legion 89; Eagles Club 655; and F&AM Greene Lodge 577. He was a veteran of World War II in the Army Air Force...
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