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Worthington business to open Saturday
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
WORTHINGTON ---- Kathy Pruett is fulfilling a life long dream. She and her husband, Rick, are opening Pruett's Expressions from the Heart in downtown Worthington. "I have wanted to do this for a long, long time," said Kathy. Her store will feature fresh flowers, silk flowers, antiques, gifts, balloons, candles, dolls and plants...
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Boyd scores six for Iowa
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
Union (Dugger) graduate Brody Boyd scored six points to help the University of Iowa men's basketball team defeat Purdue 87-72 in a Big Ten Tournament game at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Thursday afternoon. Boyd hit 2 of 5 shots, including 2 of 4 from 3-point range...
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Tri-River Conference honors its player
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
Area players dominated the first-team all-Tri-River Conference boys basketball team, which was announced Thursday afternoon. Jason LeDune of Union (Dugger), Josh McDaniel of Shakamak and Linton-Stockton senior Zach Gennicks all were selected to the first unit...
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Eastern game proved to be key for WRV
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
Sometimes the best things can come out of the most unfortunate circumstances. Just ask White River Valley boys basketball coach Sean Vandeventer. While batting for a share of the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference title at Eastern on Feb. 1 without starting forward Jordan Schantz (who broke his right arm six days before at Clay City), WRV's leading scorer A.J. Graves crashed to the floor. He had to leave the game in the second quarter with a season-low four points...
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Linton to host baseball camp
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
The Linton Miner Baseball Spring Training Camp has been scheduled for March 25-27 at the high school. The camp, which will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day, is open to any boy or girl between the ages of 7 and 14. Areas of instruction will include base running, communication, teamwork, defense, pitching, hitting and bunting...
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Softball sign-ups March 16, 20
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
The Shakamak Girls Softball League will have sign-ups from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 16 and from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 at the concession stand at Hanna Field in Jasonville. Registration forms are available at the Shakamak Elementary and Shakamak High School offices and Casey's General Store in Jasonville...
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White River Valley vs. Hauser preview
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
The Hauser Jets are indicative of their nickname. Hauser, who will invade Greene County to face host White River Valley at the Class A regional at noon Saturday, is ninth in the state in scoring, averaging 74 points per game. They score almost 11 more points per game than their opponents...
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Harrison Miller
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
GROVELAND, Fla. ---- Harrison "Pop" Miller, 84, of Groveland, Fla., and formerly of Bowling Green, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2002, at his home. Born Aug. 31, 1917, in Owen County, he was the son of J.P. and Sarah (Oberholtzer) Miller...
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Janet K. Martin
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Janet K. Martin (Lynch) Martin, 53, of Jasonville, passed away at 1:20 p.m., Thursday, March 7, 2002 at her residence. Born July 25, 1948, she was the daughter of George and Florence (McCann) Lynch. She was a home health care nurses aide for Greene County General Hospital for six years. She graduated from Van Buren High School in 1966, and graduated from Harold's Beauty College in 1968. She was a member of Wilson General Baptist Church of Jasonville...
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Helen B. Foster
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
ELNORA ---- Helen B. (McCoy) Foster, 79, of Elnora passed away Thursday, March 7, 2002. She worked at RCA in Bloomington and Foster Drug Store, which she co-owned with her husband in Elnora. She was a member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church of Indianapolis...
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Dugger Town Council meets in special session
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
The Dugger Town Council and Dugger Improvements Inc. met with consultants Thursday about the possibility of constructing additional apartments in Dugger. Dugger clerk-treasurer Lana Lynn said at the special meeting how to obtain funding for the project was discussed. Lynn said there is a possibility that $500,000 may be available from the Indiana Housing Finance Authority and another $500,000 from Federal Home Bank...
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Gillenwater receives sentence from battery case
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Bloomfield tavern owner was sentenced in Greene Superior Court on Thursday afternoon. Bradley J. Gillenwater, 37 of Bloomfield, had been convicted of battery resulting in bodily injury Nov. 9, 2001. He was sentenced by special judge Elizabeth Mann from Monroe County...
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Sandborn Town Council talks about drainage
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
SANDBORN ---- Preliminary layouts of proposed improvements for Sandborn's drainage system was presented to the town council Thursday evening. Midwest engineers Michael Mathias and Derrick Wiggins have been working on the study for 45 days and reported that 80 percent of the study is now completed...
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Disaster loans available
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- Low-interest disaster loans are now available from the U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Assistance program, for small, non-farm, agriculture-dependent businesses, due to losses caused by drought conditions that occurred June 15 through Sept. 9, 2001...
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Cinergy/PSI Offers Limited-Income Seniors, Disabled Help with Electric Bills
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
PLAINFIELD ---- PSI Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Cinergy Corp., started accepting applications for its "Helping Hand" heating assistance program Wednesday. To be eligible for assistance from the program, customers must meet the following guidelines:...
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Hart accepts plea agreement
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Shakamak High School teacher will be moving back to his parents home in Bloomfield to serve a revoked suspended sentence. Joey Hart, 28 of Linton, signed a negotiated plea agreement in Greene Superior Court on Thursday afternoon in which he agreed to 60 days of home detention...
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Linton teen arrested at school
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
An 18-year-old Linton man is being held in the Greene County Jail this morning after a search at Linton-Stockton High School. Scott Bedwell, a student at the high school, is facing possession of marijuana and resisting law enforcement charges. Drug dogs were at the junior high and high school Thursday morning at the request of junior high principal Jeff Sparks and high school principal Nick Karazsia...
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Unselfish seniors lead the way for WRV
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- To be successful, a basketball team has to have role players that are willing to sacrifice individual accomplishments for the greater good of the squad. They have to be willing to rebound and play defense, things that don't always make headlines...
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McDonald, Karazsia happy with how search went
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
Although Thursday's dog search of Linton-Stockton Senior and Junior High schools may have been an inconvenience to students, the three men who originally worked together to organize it are pleased with the results. Linton Police chief Keith McDonald was approached nearly a month ago by junior high principal Jeff Sparks and high school principal Nick Karazsia about doing the search for drugs...
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Bloomfield motel catches fire
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
Terri Coker is tired but thankful this morning. The Sleepy Hollow Inn that she owns in Bloomfield caught fire Thursday around 8:30 p.m. "I had a person staying in one of the rooms tell me his smoke alarm was going off. I also had a person driving by stop in and tell me there were flames coming out of the back of the building," Coker told The Daily Citizen this morning...
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WRV-Worthington students to help Wall family
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
A group of junior high school students want to do their part to help one of their own. Members of the White River Valley-Worthington Student Council and Beta Club are sponsoring a community/fund-raising dance for assistant principal/athletic director Layton Wall's wife, Diane. She is battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
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Trio arrested for vandalizing golf course
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
This morning at 12:30 a.m. Linton Officer Gary Tannehill received a complaint that three subjects were vandalizing the Phil Harris Golf Course. According to Tannehill's report, the subjects had thrown pull carts at the golf course in a creek and broke a door knob on one of the buildings...
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Christina K. Cook
(Local News ~ 03/08/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Christina K. Cook, 21, of Switz City, passed away at 9:33 p.m., Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born Dec. 25, 1980 in Kokomo. She was a senior at White River Valley High School, and also was a library/cafeteria assistant. She was a member of the Worthington Assembly of God...
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