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WRV one step away from Class A state finals
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- White River Valley High School is one game away from making school history. While the girls basketball team advanced to the Class A state finals last season, no boys team has ever made it past the semistate round of the state tournament. The current squad is one game away from a trip to the Class A state finals in Conseco Fieldhouse...
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Janet K. Martin
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Janet K. (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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Paul Risinger
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
SULLIVAN ---- Paul "Peely" Risinger, 81 of Sullivan, passed away at 9:40 a.m., Saturday, March 9, 2002 at Union Hospital at Terre Haute. Born Feb. 25, 1921 in Paxton, he was the son of Charles and Iva (Ridge) Risinger. He was retired from Pfizer's Inc. He was a member of the Sulivan First Christian Church, Sullivan Masonic Lodge 263, the Scottish Rite Valley of Terre Haute, and the Sullivan Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2459. He was an U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II...
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Karen Howard Fenneman Gee
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
EVANSVILLE ---- Karen Howard Fenneman Gee, 52, of Evansville, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2002 at her home. She was born Feb. 15, 1950 in Evansville. She worked for Arkla and Avon and graduated from Indiana State University and Ivy Tech State College. ...
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Mary Audrey Flater
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Mary Audrey Flater, 94, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9:35 a.m., Sunday, March 10, 2002 at Lyons Health and Living Center in Lyons. Born Feb. 2, 1908 in Greene County, she was the daughter of John W. and Dora A. (Heaton) Workman. She was a homemaker, a member of the Bloomfield First Christian Church and the Bloomfield Order of the Eastern Star...
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Clarence E. Britton
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
Clarence E. Britton, 84, of Linton, passed away at 1:37 a.m., today, March 11, 2002. Funeral arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Linton Chapel.
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Evelyn L. Baker
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Evelyn L. Baker, 90, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9:30 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2002 at her residence. Born March 27, 1911 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Lewis and Sarah (Baker) Wright. She was a homemaker, and a member of Koleen Union Church in Koleen and Ladies Aid at the church...
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Donald M. Evans
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
Donald M. Evans, 44, of Linton, passed away at 4:52 a.m., today, March 11, 2002 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born May 13, 1957 at Fort Sill, Okla., he was the son of Wilbert and Margaret (Overstreet) Evans. He worked as a meat cutter at Angell's Food Center...
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'Team play' leads WRV to regional title
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Sean Vandeventer has talked about playing as a team all season, despite the presence of the one of the state's best young talents in sophomore A.J. Graves. His White River Valley Wolverines took his message and ran with it. Graves only took one shot one and did not score from the field in the second half as the Wolverines came back to defeat Morristown 59-57 in the championship game of the Class A WRV Regional here Saturday night. ...
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Morristown knocks off Rockville
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Morristown turned its up defense at the start of the second half, scoring 12 unanswered points to take command as the Yellow Jackets cruised to a 62-43 victory over Rockville here Saturday morning in the opening game of the Class A White River Valley Regional...
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Graves scores 42 to lead WRV to regional win over Hauser
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Hauser lived with its man-to-man defense and died with its man-to-man defense. White River Valley sophomore A.J. Graves broke his own school record with 42 points, including 28 in the second half, to lead the Wolverines to a 80-70 victory over Hauser here Saturday afternoon in the second game of the Class A WRV Regional...
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Union awards Thursday
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
The Union (Dugger) Junior-Senior High School winter sports awards program has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday. This will be to honor girls and boys basketball teams in grades 7-12.
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Floyd, Dayhoff comes through for WRV
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- James Floyd and Doug Dayhoff both were smiling, but the glow that surrounded their faces were different. Dayhoff couldn't hide his excitement after contributing eight points, six rebounds, four assists, two steals to White River Valley's 59-57 victory over Morristown here Saturday night, clinching the Class A WRV Regional championship...
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Madison makes good on his promise
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- One by one, members of White River Valley's basketball team climbed the ladder to slice a piece of school history. The Wolverines, considered by some a long-shot to come away winners of their own Class A regional Saturday, defied those odds, slaying Hauser and Morristown to earn a spot in the Seymour Semistate this coming Saturday. WRV will face Barr-Reeve at 3:30 p.m....
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High winds cause power outages
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
If you were out on Saturday you may have thought you were stepping into the tornado scene from The Wizard of Oz. The high winds have been blamed for power outages and trees being uprooted. According to Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC General Manager Roger D. Davis, on Saturday morning nearly 1,300 customers had their electrical service disprupted by the high winds...
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Gallagher gets 18 months in jail
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
If police need to find Cecil T. Gallagher, they will know where to look. On Thursday, Sullivan County Superior Court judge Thomas Johnson sentenced Gallagher to 18 months in jail for a probation violation. Gallagher led police on a three-county search from July until October of last year, and he turned himself in at the Sullivan County Jail. Gallagher had been wanted for questioning in the July 18 murder of his former girlfriend Paula Pauling in Jasonville...
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Area residents remain in Indy hospitals
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
A 4 year old injured in a house fire that killed his step-sister has been released from Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. Dylan Serach was injured in the fire that occurred Wednesday at her home in Switz City. The home is owned by his parents, Gordon and Dia Serach...
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Moody recalls Sept. 11, six months later
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
Eric and Jennifer Moody watched the show "9/11" on CBS on Saturday night as many other people across the nation did. But for this Bloomfield couple, the show had a special meaning. On Sept. 11, Eric, who works for Crane, was at a training inside the Pentagon. Jennifer had gone with him on the trip. While Eric was in class, Jennifer toured Arlington National Cemetery...
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Berniece Story
(Local News ~ 03/11/02)
TERRE HAUTE ---- Berniece Story, 91, of Terre Haute, and formerly of Dugger and Sarasota, Fla., passed away at 4:40 a.m., Sunday, March 10, 2002 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Born Oct. 5, 1910 in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Mark and Edna (Buck) Price...
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