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'Yellow Jackets' sting Shakamak students
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
The Jasonville Police Department is investigating a case involving juveniles and energy tablets. "There were two bottles of Yellow Jackets stolen from a convenience store in Jasonville," Jasonville Police Chief Rick VanHorn said. Yellow Jackets are advertised as an energy booster and fat burner. According its Web site, Yellow Jacket contains "the highest allowable percentage of Ephedrine."...
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Vivian B. Landis
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
Vivian B. Laymon Landis, 79 and of Linton, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Nov. 11, 1922, in Lyons, she was the daughter of Ersie D. and Margaret (Autrey) Laymon. She was a homemaker, and a member of the First Baptist Church in Linton...
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Clarence Earl Hale
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
TERRE HAUTE ---- Clarence Earl Hale, 80 and of Terre Haute and formerly of Linton, passed away at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, at his residence. Born Oct. 18, 1921, in Paxton, he was the son of Earl and Mattie (Robinson) Hale. He was the retired furniture store manager for New Home Furnishing Company in Linton. He attended Mount Moriah Church, south of Dugger...
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Virginia Jean Edwards
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Virginia Jean (Jeannie) Edwards, 52 and of Switz City, passed away at 5:48 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Sept. 12, 1949, in Greene County, she was the daughter of Ted and Doris JoAnn (Emery) Blaker...
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Charles Winston Allen
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
Charles Winston Allen, 82 and of Linton, passed away at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Feb. 26, 1919, in Greene County, he was the son of Elmo and Mary Irene (Smith) Allen. He was co-owner and operator of Allen's Motel and worked at the General Electric Plant for 10 years, retiring in 1986. ...
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Fidler ranked 17th
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
Jeff Fidler of Jasonville was recently honored with a Top 20 certificate from Power Lifting USA magazine. Fidler earned a ranking of 17th in the United States in the 198-pound masters division, age 40 and over. Fidler had a bench press of 425 pounds in June and his top lift was 485 pounds...
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New soccer refs
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
The Greene County Soccer Association is pleased to announce that Tracy Keen, Andrew Keen, Phil Reynolds, John Reynolds, Michael Miller, Megan Miller, Paul Daluga, Joe Wedel, Dustin Wedel, John Lytle, Jeremy Haldeman and Brooks Green recently were certified by the United States Soccer Federation as referees...
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Linton Red 3-5
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
Linton Red dropped to 3-5 after a 32-14 loss at Graysville Tuesday night in a sixth-grade girls basketball game. Lauren Karazsia topped the Lady Miners with eight points. Ashton Montgomery, Ashley Sparks and Sara Shaw all had two points. "We did not play that badly," said Linton coach Bart Beard. "We just ran up against a extremely good team."...
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White concludes season
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
Linton White concluded its season at 4-4 after a 29-24 loss to visiting North Knox Wednesday night. Ashley Beard paced the sixth-grade girls basketball team with 12 points. Jessi Bohnert had seven points, Jessie Abbott three and Brittany Pledger added two...
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Linton has a Sullivan County weekend ahead
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
Linton-Stockton will be the only area boys basketball team that will play twice in the next-to-last weekend of the regular season. The Miners (3-14) will play at North Central (13-4) Friday before hosting Sullivan (9-9) Saturday night. Other games, which will all be played on Friday night, include Eastern (15-3) at Shakamak (12-6), White River Valley (10-8) at Union (Dugger) (0-17) and Eminence (2-15) at Bloomfield (14-6). ...
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Dugger man hurt in Evansville wreck
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
Two men, one from Dugger and one formerly from the Dugger area, were injured in a one-car accident last weekend in Evansville. According to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Command Post, Matthew Moore, 23, and Matthew Day, 24, were involved in an accident near Bayou Creek on Schmuck Road on Sunday, Feb. 10. Moore has an Evansville address, but was formerly from Dugger. Day's address is listed as South County Road 750E, Dugger...
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'Brown Duck Olympics' offers avenue for 'athletes'
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
Have you ever wanted to be an Olympian? Sure you have. As a teen-ager you dreamed about running the marathon, throwing the javelin (hopefully never being the javelin catcher), completing a triple in figure skating (I don't know what it is either, but it sounds good), or hitting that dive just perfect...
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Area put in spotlight Wednesday
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
Greene County and Linton were in the spotlight Wednesday as community leaders from Southern Indiana met at the Old Bank Restaurant in downtown Linton. The Southern Indiana Rural Development Project, Inc. (SIRDP) had its monthly meeting of the board and advisory board of directors. The group represents 34 counties...
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Lyons residents question water system
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
LYONS ---- Before the Lyons Town Council could vote Wednesday night to apply for a planning grant from Southern Indiana Department of Commerce to study the water system, it had many questions and comments directed to it by residents. One of Bob Patterson's concerns was that a hog farm and a turkey farm were using Lyons' water and overtaxing the system...
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Timmermans have been married for 48 years
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
James and Freda Timmerman will be married 48 years this May. After so many years together, what Valentine could you give to say how you feel? James went for the classics: Roses and a box of candy. After nearly half a century through thick and thin, working through problems, forgiving each other for the little things, raising children and taking immeasurable pride from the results, those simple gifts have a world of meaning to Freda...
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Jasonville man hurt in wreck near Worthington
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
WORTHINGTON ---- A Jasonville man escaped serious injury late this morning when his truck blew a tire north of the former ConAgra Plant on State Road 67. Bert Chesterfield, 26, was traveling south in his 1993 Ford pick-up truck when his right front tire blew about a quarter of a mile north of the plant. The truck left the road on the west side and struck a tree head-on, about 30 feet off the highway...
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Emma F. Knobloch
(Local News ~ 02/14/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Emma F. Knobloch, 91 and of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Oct. 22, 1910 in Germany, she was the daughter of August and Louise (Titus) Rucker. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bloomfield United Methodist Church...
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