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Commissioners get update on E-911
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County sheriff Leon Allen and E-911 director Karen Spicer demonstrated the county's newly updated 911 system's tracking map at the Greene County Commissioners meeting Tuesday. Using aerial maps provided by the United States Department of Agriculture, which pop up on the 911 computer screens when an emergency call comes in, the new equipment makes it easier and quicker for police or rescue personnel to locate and reach the caller...
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Bloomfield tennis
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- For Bloomfield girls tennis coach Mike Canty, it is the same old story ---- who will play doubles? "So many times I have talked about how our doubles having to come together," said Canty, who has a 82-79 record in nine previous season at BHS, including a 12-9 mark a year ago. "We will be good at No. 1, but I know where we will find two."...
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Linton baseball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Last season Indiana All-Star Nate Austin, who walked on at Indiana University, carried the Linton-Stockton baseball team on the mound, posting an 11-1 record with a 1.15 ERA in 73 innings. He fanned 121 and walked 19. Although the Miners don't have a clear No. 1 hurler, coach Bart Berns will certainly have a lot of arms at his disposal...
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Shakamak boys, girls track
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Kelley Miller begins her first season as girls track coach at Shakamak with just 11 girls, but all underclassmen. "The girls are working hard," said the former standout distance runner at White River Valley and Indiana State University. "They are putting a lot of effort into what they are doing...
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Linton tennis
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
After years of practice, patience, hard work and losing, Linton-Stockton girls tennis coach Brad McKinney figures it is time to start reaping some of the rewards of their experience. "We want to win," said McKinney. "We are tired of losing and having the other coaches tell the girls they are getting better every year...
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Linton girls track
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- By winning the triple crown ---- Greene County, Tri-River Conference and South Western Indiana Athletic Conference ---- the past three seasons, Linton-Stockton's girls track team has set the standard that the 2002 squad will be aiming at...
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Linton boys track
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
With a roster of 20, including six seniors and 10 freshmen, Aaron Lynn begins his third season in charge of the Linton-Stockton boys track program with high hopes. "I am looking forward to this season," said Lynn. "We could have a winning record in dual and triangular meets. That would be the first time in a long time...
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Shakamak golf
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Jon Miller begins his sixth season as golf coach at Shakamak High School with four returning lettermen, including two seniors. "Michael Clark should be No. 1 for us," said Miller, whose Lakers were fourth in the Tri-River and South Western Indiana Athletic Conferences last year. "He was No. 2 for us last year. He won a few meets."...
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Union baseball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- After being an assistant coach previously at White River Valley, Clarence Johnson will have his first opportunity to be a varsity coach. Johnson has taken over the reigns of the Union (Dugger) baseball program. "Although we are just a few weeks into it, I am very excited about it," said Johnson, a 1986 graduate of Worthington High School. "It is a little different...
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Shakamak softball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Shakamak hopes to use the disappointment in 2001 as motitivation for this season. "I think last year motivated them to get ready for this year," said Shakamak softball coach Beth Wernz, whose Lady Lakers finished 11-14 (her first losing season in 10 years) and had their string of seven straight sectional and South Western Indiana Athletic Conference championships snapped. "Nobody is happy when you lose...
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White River Valley tennis
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Former White River Valley girls tennis player Rebecca Noel wants her Lady Wolverine players to enjoy their experience, but also wants to compete. "I am looking forward to the season," said Noel, who is beginning her fourth season in charge at WRV. "You never know how things are going to go, based on practice...
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Union softball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
DUGGER ---- Union (Dugger) has not started the season the way they had hoped, losing to South Knox and Barr-Reeve. But with two seniors and six juniors on the 20-player roster, the Lady Bulldogs hope to build on last year's 15-8 season in which they won the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference and went 3-2 in the Tri-River Conference...
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Linton golf
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Last season was a banner season for Linton-Stockton golf. The Miners went 67-18 overall, 19-6 in duals. They won both conferences and the North Knox Invitational. They became the first school from Greene County to be invited to play in the Hall of Fame Classic...
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Linton softball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
After just winning seven games in each of the past two seasons, Linton-Stockton has started the softball season by winning its first two games, including an impressive 11-1 victory over defending Tri-River Conference champion North Central. "That was a huge victory for us," said Jessi French, who is 14-30 in her first two seasons at Linton-Stockton. ...
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White River Valley boys, girls track
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- After four years as an assistant, Tim Neal takes over the White River Valley boys and girls track programs. With just 13 girls and 18 boys competing, it will be quality not quantity in 2002. "We don't have a lot of depth," said Neal. "We do have good quality kids, but just not a lot of them."...
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Nita G. Robbins
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Nita G. Robbins, 57, of Linton, passed away at 10:23 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Linton Chapel.
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Betty Helen Bellamy
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Betty Helen Bellamy, 81, of Linton, passed away at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at Shakamak Good Samaritan in Jasonville. Born Aug. 21, 1920, in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Elisha Hamilton and Edna (Ring) Lang. She was a homemaker...
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White River Valley softball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Bob Montgomery is like any other first-year spring sports coach ---- he needs time outside to evaluate his team. "One of the biggest hurdles so far is knowing the girls and knowing who I can put where," said the new White River Valley softball coach. "And that will only come with time on the field...
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Shakamak baseball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
JASONVILLE ---- There is never too much of a good thing. But sometimes having a lot of talented and experienced players can make a coaches' job more difficult. Such is the case for Shakamak baseball coach Chip Sweet, who will have 10 players back that appeared in at least 16 games during a 18-8 2001 season...
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Domestic dispute lands two in jail
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
A Linton couple ended up in the Greene County Jail after Linton police had to respond to a domestic dispute at their home on NW 4th St. Linton Officer Det. Sgt. Duane Collenbaugh was on patrol when someone reported fighting and yelling in the yard of Mary Pierce, 32 and Robert Kuehn Jr., 37, at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Collenbaugh backed up in the road and discovered Kuehn covered with blood and Pierce had been hit in the mouth...
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Apple Festival organizers want concrete answers
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Jeff Helms, representing the Apple Festival Committee and Citizens for A Better Bloomfield, asked commissioners Tuesday if they know when the upcoming courthouse renovation project will begin. With the project tentatively set to begin in early fall, and with the work expected to take up most of the courthouse lawn, festival planners are looking at holding the Apple Festival in Bloomfield Park. ...
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Shakamak students wins event in Michigan
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Local motocross rider Christopher Gibson is continuing to make a name for himself on the motocross circuit. On Sunday, Chris and his family, who live on Lone Tree Road north of Linton, traveled to the Silver Dome in Pontiac, Mich., and came home with the first-place trophy for his division and age group...
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Bloomfield fact-finding session scheduled
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
The Bloomfield School District and the Bloomfield Teacher's Association have been requested by the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board (IEERB) to participate in a fact-finding hearing. The purpose of the fact finding is to give a neutral advisory report to both parties who are unable by themselves to resolve their contract dispute...
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Poe, Bitz set records
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
The Linton-Stockton junior high girls track team earned two wins. The Lady Miners scored 98.5 points while Bloomfield had 20.5 and White River Valley had 18. Brittney Bitz tied a LSJH record in the 200 meters. She was clocked at 28.5 seconds as she won that event...
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Loogootee rallies past WRV in baseball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Loogootee scored eight runs in its final three at bats to record a 15-9 comeback victory over host White River Valley Tuesday. "We were up 9-7 entering the fifth inning," said WRV baseball coach Eric Lyons. "We gave up four runs in the fifth to fall behind 11-9...
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Bloomfield wins No. 6 in baseball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Bloomfield never trailed as the Cardinal baseball team held off host South Knox 8-6. The victory was the sixth in nine games, matching the Cardinals' win total from last year (6-23). Westin Robertson earned the win (his first decision) in relief. The Cardinals pounded out 10 hits, including a home run by Brandon Wilson and a double by Dustin Haywood...
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Lady Cards 4-3 in softball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Billye Jo Maden tossed a five-hitter to pace Bloomfield to a 5-1 victory over host North Knox in a non-conference softball game Tuesday. Maden won the for the second time in as many decisions as the Lady Cardinals improved to 4-3. Bloomfield made the most of six hits, including a double by Christi Shartzer...
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Lady Miners lose on road
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Kelli Pitts tossed a two-hitter and had two extra bases hits to lead Sullivan, ranked No. 7 in Class 2A, to a 10-3 victory over visiting Linton-Stockton Tuesday night. Pitts had a double and a triple, part of a 13-hit Sullivan attack. Also for the Lady Arrows, Elizabeth Latta and Ally McKinley both were 2-for-3. Latta had two RBIs...
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Lakers win third
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Nikki Coakley had two RBIs and Brittney Kennett had a base hit as visiting Shakamak defeated Cloverdale 2-0 in a non-conference softball game Tuesday. Valerie Blanton (3-3) tossed a four-hitter to earn the victory, the third in eight games for the Lady Lakers...
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North Central tops White River Valley in softball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
FARMERSBURG ---- North Central sent 17 batters to the plate in the first inning, scoring 11 runs as the LadyBirds never looked back in posting a 19-2 victory over White River Valley here Tuesday. "They are good hitters," said WRV softball coach Bob Montgomery, whose Lady Wolverines dropped to 0-5. "But we just kind of fell apart defensively...
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Miners top Loogootee in girls, boys track meet
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
Linton-Stockton boys and girls track teams dominated undermanned Loogootee at Roy Williams Field on Thursday. The Lady Miners came away with a 111-10 victory over Loogootee. In the boys meet, Linton-Stockton improved to 8-7 overall, 7-1 in duals, with a 99-33 victory over the Lions...
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WRV girls win
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
The Lady Wolverines scored 60 points, North Daviess was second with 53 points and Eastern had 42. In the boys meet, Eastern had a winning total of 80 points. WRV was second with 54 points while North Daviess tallied 33. WRV won the 3,200 meter relay with a time of 12 minutes, 11.87 seconds. Nadine Keitel, Megan Hollen, Leslie Dale and Autumn Philpott ran for the Lady Wolverines...
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Union golf
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
DUGGER ---- Union (Dugger) only has five golfers, but four return from last season's squad, which had second-place finishes in the Tri-River and South Western Indiana Athletic Conferences and set the school record for 18 holes (319). "Our major goal, with both individuals and the team, is to improve as we go along," said Union (Dugger) coach George Sly. "We were able to do that last year...
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Bloomfield baseball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Just like in life, confidence is very important in sports. After osing 47 of 58 games the past two seasons, including a 6-23 mark a year ago, Bloomfield baseball coach David Dean believes his Cardinals have matured to the point where they are ready to start winning...
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White River Valley baseball
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Despite winning just six games the past two seasons under coach Jeff Kail, including an 0-24 campaign in 2001, new WRV baseball coach Eric Lyons said he is taking over a team that knows the game. "I know Jeff and he did a heck of a job," said Lyons, the varsity coach at Washington Catholic the past four seasons. "These kids know how to play the game...
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Dorothy M. Eslinger
(Local News ~ 04/17/02)
DUGGER ---- Dorothy M. Eslinger, 89, of Dugger, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at Sullivan County Community Hospital in Sullivan. Born Sept. 26, 1912, in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Charles N. and Stella Elizabeth (Fields) Wise. She was a member of Dugger First Christian Church, and The Pythian Sisters Lodge...
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