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Linton police use drug dog at Linton schools
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
The halls at the Linton-Stockton Junior High and High School were empty again this morning as Linton Police Officer Chad Crynes and the department's drug dog checked lockers. Crynes and the dog did not check all lockers, just a couple of rows in the junior and senior high schools...
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Pats shutout Cards in tennis
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Vincennes Rivet only dropped one set in a 5-0 victory over visiting Bloomfield in a high school girls tennis match Wednesday. Rivet only lost eight games in sweeping the singles. The Lady Patriots need two tiebreakers to pull out two victories at doubles...
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Lady Wolverines 0-2 in softball
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
White River Valley jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but Edgewood responded with seven runs in its last four at bats as the Lady Mustangs defeated the Lady Wolverines 7-4 in a non-conference softball game at Ellettsville Wednesday. Mary Beth Fiscus and Amy Henry both had two hits to pace a six-hit WRV attack. Both of Henry's hits were doubles...
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Schedule changes
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Linton-Stockton's boys and girls track teams will be unable to participate in the meet at North Knox, which was originally scheduled for May 6. The meet was moved to April 30, one day after the Greene County Invitational. The Linton-Stockton at Union (Dugger) baseball game, which was postponed earlier this week, has been rescheduled for noon Friday, April 19...
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Knights blank Lakers in baseball
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Northview pitcher Ryan Hayes fanned 17 and tossed a two-hit shutout as the Knights defeated host Shakamak 2-0 in a varsity baseball game at Jasonville Wednesday night. Jacob Jones had a double for Northview. Shakamak senior Jesse Yeryar and Austin Witt combined to toss a two-hitter. Yeryar was the tough-luck loser, dropping to 0-2...
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Miners fall 3-2 in tennis
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Linton-Stockton girls tennis coach Brad McKinney is still searching for doubles team. He used Wednesday's junior varsity match at home against Northview, a 3-2 loss, as an attempt to fill that void. Rachel Vanhook and Courtney Murphy won in three sets at No. 1 doubles while Sami Collisson and Heather Beier teamed up for a victory at No. 2 doubles...
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WRV edges Eastern in season opener
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
White River Valley had to use the score of its fifth and sixth golfers to come away with a victory over Eastern in a golf match at Phil Harris Golf Course Wednesday. Both teams tied with a score of 178, but WRV came away with a season-opening victory when Ben Maners' 54 was one shot better than Eastern's Justin Wallace...
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North Central tops Linton in baseball
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Linton-Stockton made eight errors and gave up eight hits in a 12-9 Tri-River Conference loss to North Central at Roy Herndon Field Wednesday. "It just wasn't our night," said Linton-Stockton baseball coach Bart Berns. "We had eight errors, eight walks and hit two batters...
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Union tops Eminence in nine innings
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
DUGGER ---- It would figure that a pitcher would have to toss a complete game to set a school record for strikeouts, but Union (Dugger) sophomore Jenna Laxton needed just 6 1/3 innings of relief to break the strikeout record. Laxton struck out 16 of the 20 batters she faced, holding Eminence at bay while the Lady Bulldogs came back to pull out a 5-4 victory in nine innings here Wednesday...
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Lyons receives $30,000 to look at water system
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
LYONS ---- Clean up and repair were the main items of concern at the Lyons Town Council meeting Wednesday evening. Board president Lois Flynn reported that Lyons had received a $30,000 State Community Block Grant to be used for checking the water system...
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Library to host writer's group
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Have you always thought, in the back of your mind, that you have the right stuff ---- make that the write stuff ---- to author a book? The Margaret Cooper Public Library in Linton wants to help you with that. The library wants to help "Put it in Writing at your Library" by starting a writer's group...
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Johnson takes testimony under advisement
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County Circuit Court judge David Johnson has taken three days of testimony under advisement in the hearing determining whether convicted murderer Jeff Leone is eligible for life in prison without the possibility of parole. In January, Leone confessed to the murder of his 13-year-old stepdaughter, Jennifer Watkins. ...
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Moore, Boyd sign plea agreements
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Two local men charged in Hendricks County in January with attempting to purchase items known to be precursors for the manufacture of methanphetamine, have entered into plea agreements. According to Stephanie Lemay-Leuken, chief deputy of the Hendricks County prosecutor's office, Fredrick Benjamin Boyd III, 27, of Dugger, and Kevin W. ...
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Phatfest to showcase local bands
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
The walls of the Roy Clark Community Building will be quaking Saturday afternoon: There's a Phatfest going on. No, it isn't a convention for the overweight, it's a rock music festival with an interesting name that will feature five local bands. Phatfest is organized by Linton-Stockton High School seniors Jerrod Albright and Brent Rager, assisted by Cain Cooksey, a technology assistant with the Linton school system...
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Charley Dibble enjoyed the ride, but it wasn't always easy
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Since taking over as executive director of the Greene County Economic Development Corporation in January 1999, Charley Dibble hasn't had a lot of good news to share. It seemed like one industry after another decided to call it quits, or lay off massive amounts of workers, once he moved to Bloomfield. At times he felt like hiding...
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Georgia Price Spinks
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Georgia Price Spinks, 83, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born Dec. 10, 1918 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Curtis and Laura (Burch) Price. She was employed at S-T Semicon as an inspector for 38 years. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Linton. She faithfully served in many LDS Church callings and was a dedicated visiting teacher...
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