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Rippy honored for her work
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Gail Rippy has been named to The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company's Medallion Club. Rippy is a sales representative in Western-Southern Life's Terre Haute office at 525 West Honey Creek Drive. Rippy resides in Linton. Membership in the Medallion Club is based on outstanding sales production and business persistency...
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Lakers blank WRV
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Brent Essex tossed a three-hitter to lead Shakamak to a 6-0 South Western Indiana Athletic Conference baseball victory over visiting White River Valley Thursday. Jesse Yeryar hit a three-run homer for the winners, who improved to 15-7 and won the SWIAC with a 7-0 record...
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Bloomfield loses eighth
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Jasper scored 12 runs in its final three at bats as the host Wildcats defeated Bloomfield 15-5 in a non-conference baseball game Thursday. Bloomfield dropped to 11-8 with the loss. DeVault, J. Burnett (1), DeVault (5), Robertson (6) and Veatch; Klern, Oates (4) and Himsel. W ---- Klern. L ---- Burnett...
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Shakamak splits softball games
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Shakamak's softball team splits two softball games at White River Valley Thursday. In the opener, the Lady Lakers (11-9) scored eight runs in the fourth inning to put the finishing touches on a 12-0 victory in five innings. Shakamak came up with seven hits. Cherise Walters was credited with two hits and scored three runs. Winning pitcher Valerie Blanton had two RBIs and scored two runs...
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Linton 7-11 in softball
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Linton-Stockton's softball team concluded the regular season with a 3-1 loss to host Loogootee Thursday. Miranda Garwood had a double for Linton, who slipped to 7-11. Jamie Abbott allowed just five hits but took the loss. Former Linton athlete Sydnee Sherer limited Linton to just six hits to earn the victory...
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High school baseball sectional pairings
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Pairings for the annual baseball state tournament, which will begin on Memorial Day, were announced Thursday afternoon. Locally at the Class 2A North Posey Sectional, Linton-Stockton (13-9) drew an opening round bye and won't play until 8 p.m. Thursday, May 30 against the host Vikings...
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Newton advances out of track sectional
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
TERRE HAUTE ---- Ever since finishing fifth in last year's sectional, one place short of qualifying for the regional, Linton-Stockton sophomore Josh Newton has been focused on advancing out of the sectional. Even though he was one foot short of his personal best of 12 feet, his effort of 11-0 was good for third place at the Terre Haute North track and field sectional here Thursday night, earning him a spot at the Evansville Central Regional next Thursday...
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Miners improve despite 0-15 season
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Despite concluding an 0-15 season with a 5-0 loss to host Northview at the sectional, which was moved to the indoor courts at DePauw University in Greencastle because of the weather, Linton-Stockton girls tennis coach Brad McKinney remains optimistic...
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Softball sectional to begin Monday
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Last year, seven-time defending softball sectional champion Shakamak was knocked off in the first round by North Central. But the LadyBirds came up short in the end against Clay City in the championship game as the Lady Eels won the school's first girls sectional title in any sport...
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Wilma S. Rollins
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
OWENSBURG ---- Wilma S. Rollins, 76, of Owensburg, passed away at 3:15 p.m., Thursday, May 16, 2002, at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born March 12, 1926, in Owensburg, she was the daughter of Jack and Minnie (Merritt) White. She was a member of the Bethel Christian Church at Owensburg and the Daughters of American Revolution...
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Big inning costs Miners
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Owen Valley scored 15 runs in the sixth inning as the visiting Patriots defeated Linton-Stockton 21-6 in a baseball game at Roy Herndon Field Thursday. "That 15-run sixth inning pretty much did us in," said L-S coach Bart Berns. "It was a pretty good game until the sixth...
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WRV adopts textbook rental fee
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Most students in the White River Valley School Corporation haven't paid for textbook rental fees in the past. That will change starting next school year. The Board of School Trustees voted 4-3 at Thursday night's meeting to charge $25 per student for textbook rent, in grades kindergarten through eighth grade...
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Johnson opens his own business in Worthington
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
WORTHINGTON ---- Jay Johnson needed to replace his satellite receiver so he made some calls to find out what options he had available. "I talked to a client of mine about the receiver and next thing I know, I am working for the guy," Johnson said...
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Linton parade has 'A Tribute to America' theme
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Our world has changed since Sept. 11, 2001, and has caused many of us to stop and think and appreciate each other and life much more than before. Not only each other, but also most would have to agree that firemen, police, and rescue workers are now looked upon in a much different light and with a feeling of honor and admiration. These are the feelings of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce and the reason for this year's Freedom Festival Parade theme, "A Tribute to America."...
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Farmers market to open in Vincennes
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Farmers markets are nothing new, not even in Vincennes, Indiana's oldest city. However, a new, unique farmers market will debut in Vincennes on June 1, complete with gala grand opening ceremonies, all aimed at revitalizing the popular summertime effort...
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GCYA had been cited before
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Greene County Youth Alternatives will conduct classes at the Linton National Guard Armory until the school near Bloomfield can come into compliance with state building and fire codes. On Wednesday an injunction was filed against the school and daycare because of 22 cited violations. A hearing on the injunction has been set for May 24 in Greene Superior Court...
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WRV aiming at pension problems
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- The financial picture for Indiana isn't something to brag about. With the legislature trying to figure out what to do about a major shortfall in the state's budget, school superintendents across the state are doing their best to keep schools above water...
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Tubby has been a member of sorority for 50 years
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
You can safely say that Frieda Tubby is loyal to her sorority. She joined the Gamma Rho Chapter of Psi Iota Xi in Linton when it was chartered in 1952, and she's still an active member. Frieda exemplifies the spirit of the sorority ---- that of fellowship, loyalty and compassion...
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Linton church to burn mortgage Sunday
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
If you drive by the Linton First Christian Church on Sunday and notice a festival type atmosphere don't worry, its members haven't gone off the deep end. The church will be celebrating the burning of its mortgage. In December 1995, the church had a mortgage of $425,000. In less than seven years it has been able to pay that in full to First Farmers State Bank of Sullivan...
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Kentucky man rescued from high water
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Although motorists have been warned time and time again about the dangers of traveling through high waters, a Kentucky man was stranded Thursday on State Road 157 near the west fork of the White River. Indiana Conservation Officer Greg Swanson received the call at 9 p.m. on Thursday that a man was sitting on top of his van in the water near the W.I. Pryor Memorial Bridge just outside Worthington...
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Library trustees approve Capital Projects Fund for 2002
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
The Linton Margaret Cooper Public Library Board of Trustees and Stockton Township trustee approved the library's Capital Projects Plan for 2003. Library director Shelley Williams said the meeting Thursday night was at the Linton-Stockton High School library, so there would be plenty of space available for the public, as it was a public hearing...
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Iris A. Bedwell
(Local News ~ 05/17/02)
Iris A. Bedwell, 73, of Linton, passed away at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2002, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Oct. 20, 1928, in Linton, she was the daughter of John and Emma (Smith) Maddison. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Don L. ...
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