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Oliphant: County money is 'tight'
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Money woes dominated the Greene County Council's meeting Monday evening. "The money is getting tight and it is only May," council president Jim Oliphant said. Although there were several items on the agenda, only a few could be handled because there were only four of seven council members present. In order for the council to deal with salary matters there must be five members present...
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Leona M. Richardson
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
SULLIVAN ---- Leona M. Richardson, 65, of Sullivan, passed away at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, May 19, 2002 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Feb. 8, 1937, in Paxton, she was the daughter of Simeon and Laura (McGuire) Wright. She was a retired nurse's aid, she also enjoyed crafts and sewing. She was a member of Full Gospel Assembly Church in Sullivan...
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Mary F. Fiscus
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
CROWN POINT ---- Mary F. Fiscus, 93, of Crown Point and formerly of Jasonville, passed away at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at Chicagoland Christian Village in Crown Point. Born Jan. 9, 1909, in Jasonville, she was the daughter of John Andy and Elizabeth Ellen (Elwood) Poe...
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Goodman signs to play baseball at Lincoln Trail College
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Nick Goodman's record setting pace of the past two seasons earned him a chance to play baseball beyond high school. The Linton-Stockton senior, who led the state in home runs last year (14) and has hit 15 more in 22 games this season, signed a letter-of-intent to play baseball at Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Ill. the next two seasons...
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Knights 2-2
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Knights of Columbus dropped to 2-2 after a 10-9 loss to Linton Chiropractic in a game in the Linton Girls Softball Association. Brooke Jackson had two singles and one RBI for the Knights. Megann Hash had a hit and drove in one run; Megan Barnes was credited with two hits and two RBIs; Gebby Hale finished with one RBI and a base hit; and Mariah Hubble had a double and drove home one run...
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Hole-in-one
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Al Schwinghammer shot a hole-in-one recently at Boltenwood Golf Course. Schwinghammer recorded his ace on No. 14.
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Eastern, Bloomfield bow out of sectional
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Eastern and Bloomfield combined for just five hits and one run as the Greene County teams were eliminated from the Class A Clay City softball sectional Monday. In the opener, defending champion Clay City scored 10 runs in the fourth and fifth inning to pull away for an 11-1 victory over Eastern, who finished the season at 4-15...
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Miners shoot 145
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Linton-Stockton had five players shoot 37 or below as the Miner golf team earned three wins Monday. The Miners (50-10, 11-5) finished with a 145. North Knox was second with 162, Eastern had a 173 and White River Valley shot 185. Tim Fish was low medalist for the match. The Linton senior shot 35...
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Gold loses two
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Southern Indiana Gold, an AAU boys basketball team, dropped two games in a tournament at Dugger over the weekend. The Terre Haute Shooters defeated Southern Indiana Gold 84-74 despite 22 points from Shakamak's Josh McDaniel and 21 points from Jon Neill from Bloomfield...
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Criss Insurance 2-0
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Criss Insurance opened plays in the 2002 Shakamak Girls Softball League with two wins, defeating last year's top two teams. On May 14, Criss Insurance reached base safely 43 out of 50 at bats as they defeated Casey's, who was second last season. Jade Gambill, Larissa Fougerousse, Kelsey Pilant and Joie Gadberry all were 5-for-5 to pace the winners...
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Woman found dead this morning
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Linton police were still at a trailer this morning on SW 9th St. where the body of a 32-year-old female was discovered this morning. The police department was contacted this morning by neighbors of the woman that a family member had found the woman laying in the living room of the trailer, according to Linton Police Chief Keith McDonald...
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Corrections, clarifications
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Billy Raybern, 3-year-old son of Bill and Kim Raybern of Worthington, was misidentified in a story and cutline in Monday's Daily Citizen. The Wanda Baker of Linton who won $200,000 with an instant ticket of the Hoosier Lottery is not the Wanda M. Baker of 769 NE 10th St. in Linton...
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WRV-Lyons teachers say thanks with a cookout
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
LYONS ---- Some White River Valley-Lyons Junior High teachers said "thanks" to their students with a cookout at the school Monday. "This is an appreciation cookout for the junior high kids, we thought it would be a little bit of a tension-releaser before finals," said Nicole Walters, who teaches seventh- and eighth-grade math. "They have finals (today) and Wednesday, then Thursday is their eighth-grade graduation and honor day, so it's kind of a break."...
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Jasonville Tri-County Festival continues through Saturday
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Some odds 'n' ends as we keep an eye on the forecast. It's supposed to be dry through Thursday. Jasonville Tri-County Festival under way The fourth annual Jasonville Tri-County Festival got under way Monday at Hanna Field on that city's west side...
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Linton library board hears update on project
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Margaret Cooper Public Library director Shelley Williams has done a great deal of research concerning the details of a new library. She has used her travel to take photos and collect information about numerous libraries in several states, including Iowa, Maine and Indiana. These details, such as lighting, shelving, circulation desks and office space were the topics of discussion at a special library Board of Directors meeting Monday night at the Indiana Room at the library...
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William Willis Benjamin, Sr.
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
LYONS ---- William Willis Benjamin, Sr., 76, of Lyons, passed away at 12:42 p.m. Sunday, May 19, 2002, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Jan. 9, 1926, in Vincennes, he was the son of Maurice and Gwendolyn (Willis) Benjamin. He was a letterer and grainer at Crane NSWC and self-employed sign painter and letterer. ...
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