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Budget cuts will effect this area
(Local News ~ 02/19/02)
Gov. Frank O'Bannon announced $109 million in state agency cuts Monday in an effort to head off a projected $1.3 billion budget deficit. Several local agencies saw their names on the cut list. Among those was Workforce Development, which includes the Linton office of WorkOne. Nancy Karazsia, local office manager, has been following the announcement closely. She learned of the cuts Monday...
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Pairings for Sectionals announced
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/02)
Pairings for the 92nd Indiana High School Athletic Association boys basketball tournament were announced Monday night in Indianapolis. Locally at the Class 2A North Knox Sectional, defending champion Eastern (16-3) will play the opening game at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 against North Posey (11-11). The second game, which will start at approximately 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, will feature South Knox (6-12) against Evansville Mater Dei (11-8)...
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Iva L. Bailey
(Local News ~ 02/19/02)
SPENCER ---- Iva L. Bailey, 89 and of Spencer, passed away Monday, Feb. 18, 2002 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born March 19, 1912 at White County, Ark. She had worked in the 1960s at the Owen County Home. Survivors include, one son, Arthur Bailey of Coal City; three granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren...
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George W. Jones
(Local News ~ 02/19/02)
George W. Jones, 78 and of Linton, passed away at 1:50 p.m., Monday, Feb. 18, 2002 at his residence. Born April 22, 1923 in Bicknell, he was the son of George and Agnes (Morgan) Jones. He was a superintendent at Peabody Coal Company for 42 years before retiring in 1983. ...
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Hazel G. Wolfe
(Local News ~ 02/19/02)
CARLISLE ---- Hazel G. Wolfe, 87 and of Carlisle, passed away at 12:40 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002 at Miller's Merry Manor in Sullivan. Born Dec. 22, 1914 in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Freeman and Louise (Gibbs) Clark. She was a member of the Indian Prairie Baptist Church...
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County wide garage sale is Saturday
(Local News ~ 02/19/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- On your mark, get set ... shake off those winter doldrums, bunky, the County-Wide Garage Sale is near. The 11th annual "Is it Trash or Treasure" County-Wide Garage Sale will be Saturday in the heated meeting room at the Greene County 4-H fairgrounds on State Road 54 between Switz City and Bloomfield. The doors open at 8 a.m. and the event is over at 3 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Greene County Solid Waste Management District...
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Two men hide in woods after accident
(Local News ~ 02/19/02)
After a one-vehicle accident late Monday night, the driver and his passenger hid in the woods. According to Greene County Sheriff Dured Townsend's report, Jack D. Farmer of Linton was eastbound on CR350N at 11:39 p.m. when he failed to stop at the intersection of CR350N and CR1500W. The vehicle ran across CR1500W hit an embankment and several trees before coming to rest. Farmer and his passenger, Shaun C. Pierce, left the scene of the accident...
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Changes in Linton Girls Softball Association
(Local News ~ 02/19/02)
Girls signing up to take part in the Linton Girls Softball Association the next two Saturdays will notice a major change in the league. The league now has four age divisions, and girls 5 years old by Jan. 1 of each year are eligible to participate. The changes were voted on and passed by the league's board of directors at its Feb. 5 meeting...
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Lyons woman finalist in bake-off contest
(Local News ~ 02/19/02)
It's kind of like the Olympics for cooks. Greene County resident Misty Waltman is taking her prize-winning recipe to the Pillsbury Bake-Off Cooking and Baking Contest in Orlando, Fla. At stake is a $1 million grand prize, plus a General Electric Profile kitchen. Three winners will each win $10,000, and 12 winners will win $2,000...
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Public 221 discussion dominates Linton board meeting
(Local News ~ 02/19/02)
Linton-Stockton superintendent Doug Rose commended the three school principals at Monday night's Board of School Trustee meeting on the difficult assignment of working on Public Law 221. Passed by the state legislature, Public Law 221 mandates that educators submit a three-year school improvement plan. After many lengthy meetings between faculty and administrators, the principals reported their progress to the board. A written report will be submitted to the board March 1...
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2002 H.S BOYS BASKETBALL
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/02)
TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS SECTIONALS: February 26, March 1, 2 REGIONALS: March 9 SEMI-STATE: March 16 FINALS: March 23 Format & Times: 5-Team Sectionals: Will play one first-round game on Tuesday at 7 p.m., two semifinals games on Friday at 6 p.m., and the championship on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The team drawing the first-round bye will play the Tuesday night winner in the second semifinal game on Friday...
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