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Trash still a hot topic at Linton City Council meeting
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
On a day when the top news in Linton was jobs coming to the former Sunbeam building, some residents had other thoughts on their minds at Monday night's Linton City Council meeting. Junk cars. Asphalt shingles. Toilets. Bath tubs. Tents. Paper. Refrigerators...
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Cooprider wins
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
Shakamak girls track team finished third in a home meet Monday. Sullivan won with 99 points, North Central had 40 and Shakamak tallied 15 points. Kara Cooprider, a junior at Shakamak, won the high jump with an effort of four feet, five inches. She was second in the 400 at 1:09.4...
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Linton girls remain undefeated
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
With Breck Robinson winning three distances races, the Linton-Stockton girls track team remained undefeated as they picked up two wins in a meet at Clay City Monday night. The Lady Miners (6-0) scored 89 points, South Vermillion was second with 36 and the host Lady Eels tallied 31...
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Linton JV loses
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
Linton-Stockton's junior varsity baseball team lost a 7-5 decision at Eastern Saturday. The Miners had seven hits as Josh House had two, including a double. Billy Keller had a double and two RBIs and Jordan Heltsley, Brock Goggins, William Puckett and Chad Russell all had singles. Goggins, House and Russell each had one RBI...
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Schedule changes
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
The Clay City at Shakamak softball game was postponed Monday. The game has been rescheduled for 5 p.m., Wednesday May 1. The Bedford at WRV softball game, which was scheduled for Monday, has been canceled with no makeup date set. The WRV at Cloverdale baseball game was postponed Monday. The make up date is set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30...
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WRV wins second tennis match
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
White River Valley's girls tennis team improved to 2-1 after a 4-1 victory over host Linton-Stockton at Humphreys Park Monday. Holly Halt and Emily Wagner won at singles for the Lady Wolverines. WRV swept the doubles as Lindsey Hines and Samantha Johnson won at No. 1 and Carrie Arthur and Chelsea Hawkins were victorious at No. 2...
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Eastern still winless in baseball
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
Mitchell had eight hits, including two home runs, as the host Yellow Jackets defeated Eastern 11-3 in a non-conference baseball game Monday. Eastern hurler Zach Harrison suffered the complete game loss, allowing four extra base hits including two doubles...
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Bloomfield wins No. 4
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
Bloomfield extended its winning streak to four games with a 15-4 victory over visiting Union (Dugger) in a South Western Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game Monday. The game was halted after six innings via the 10-run rule. The Cardinals, 4-1 overall, 1-0 in the SWIAC, made the most of eight hits...
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Lady Cards 1-1
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
Bloomfield earned its first softball victory over the season, blanking host Vincennes Rivet 17-0 Monday. The Lady Cardinals (1-1) got a two-hit shutout from Billye Maden. Bloomfield came up with 12 hits. Maden and Aydt; D.Kroeger and Bantlin. W ---- Maden. L ---- D.Kroeger...
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Union defeats Miners in softball
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
Union (Dugger) sophomore Jenna Laxton tossed a one-hitter as Union (Dugger) defeated host Linton-Stockton 8-3 in a conference softball game Monday. Laxton fanned 14 and walked one as she evened her record at 1-1. She also went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and three stolen bases...
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It's the dawn of a new era for Linton, Greene County
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
The last seven years Linton and Greene County have experienced nothing but bad economic news. General Electric and Sunbeam closed shop and moved on in the middle 1990s. Coal mines were abandoned. KPT shut its doors and filed for bankruptcy. Other closings included ConAgra Foods in Worthington and SECCO and Simco in Linton. County unemployment rates topped the state for most of 2000 and 2001...
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Winalta USA may bring other companies to area
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
Winalta USA is bringing jobs to Greene County, but there is more than just jobs involved with the company's decision to move here. "We are working with them to identify local suppliers for items they will need," said Charley Dibble, executive director of the Greene County Economic Development Corporation...
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Winalta USA has had an impact already
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
The impact of Winalta USA has already made a significant impact in the city of Linton and Greene County, according to the director of WorkOne, Nancy Karazsia. "We have been busy setting up interviews and have already scheduled 180, which were scheduled for yesterday, today and tomorrow," Karazsia told The Daily Citizen...
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Banks come together to make deal happen
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
Representatives of four area banks that worked together, along with local civic, economic development leaders and state agencies to successfully attract a manufacturing company to Linton, gathered at a meeting in Linton on Tuesday with one collective mindset: Mission accomplished...
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Wright never gave up hope
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
There's been a lot of days Linton mayor Jimmie K. Wright has wondered what his hometown would look like in 20 or 30 years. Without jobs to keep people in the area, Linton's population could quickly slide below 5,000 and continue on a downward spiral...
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Jessie Florence (Blades) Cook
(Local News ~ 04/09/02)
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. ---- Jessie Florence (Blades) Cook, 87, of St. Louis Park, Minn., formerly of Linton, passed away at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, April 7, 2002 at Texas Terrace Care Center in St. Louis Park, Minn. Born May 4, 1914 in Linton, she was the daughter of Fred and Rosa Belle (Flake) Blades...
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