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Trip to park turns fatal for family
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
A family trip to Shakamak State Park turned into a nightmare for a Terre Haute family. On Sunday at 12:36 p.m., James Scott Smith, 31, of Terre Haute, was headed south on State Road 159 in a Ford Explorer. Traveling with him was three of his nieces, 13-year-old Latina Jean-Ann Wyatt, 11-year-old Chelsea Jolynn Smith and 4-year-old Kelsey Marie Mundell...
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Virginia Lee Watson Starnes
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
LYONS ---- Virginia Lee Watson Starnes 63, of Lyons, passed away at 11:44 p.m. Thursday, June 6, 2002, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Nov. 7, 1938, in Mineral, Ind., she was the daughter of William Orville and Mamie (Holtsclaw) Watson...
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Isa Fines
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
ATTICA ---- Isa Fines, 96, of Attica and formerly of Linton, passed away at 9:09 p.m., Sunday, June 9, 2002 at Woodland Manor in Attica. Born July 18, 1905 in Lyons, she was the daughter of Anthony A. and Verna (Fan Meter) McKee. She was owned and operated Fines Restaurant on H St. NW in Linton. She was a member of First Church of God...
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Patricia A. Frye
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Patricia A. Frye, 62, of Bloomfield, passed away at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 9, 2002 at her residence. Born Oct. 3, 1939 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Ralph and Mary (England) Heshelman. She was a home health aid, she worked for Indiana Home Health. She was a member of Antioch Christian Church in Bloomfield, and former member of United Methodist Church at Lyons...
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Daisy "Marie" Gofourth
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
PAXTON ---- Daisy "Marie" Gofourth, 73, of Paxton, passed away at 8:37 p.m. Friday, June 7, 2002, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Born Oct. 3, 1928, in Sullivan, she was the daughter of Charles Wilbur and Virginia Earnestine Mathias-Alexander...
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Maxine Coppock
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
WORTHINGTON ---- Maxine Coppock, 81, of Worthington, passed away at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 6, 2002, at her residence. Born April 26, 1921, in Owen County, she was the daughter of Noel and Bertha (Lucas) Fulk. She was a homemaker. Survivors include one son, David Coppock of Worthington; one daughter, Sue Cook of Ellettsville; four grandsons, David Coppock of Plainfield, Josh Coppock of California, Kevin Cook of Bloomington, and Kent Cook of Bloomington; two great-grandchildren; and twin brother, Blaine Jack Fulk of Worthington.. ...
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One bad hole costs Miners in golf regional
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
SANTA CLAUS ---- One bad hole. That was the difference for the Linton-Stockton boys golf team as the Miners came up five shots short of advancing to the state finals for the second time in school history. Linton shot 10-over par as a group on No. 10, part of the Miners' round of 321...
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Lakers get past Rising Sun in regional opener
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
EDINBURGH ---- Jessie Yeryar tossed a four-hitter and the Lakers pounded out 12 hits, including seven in a row in a sixth-run sixth inning, as Shakamak advanced to the championship game of the Class A Edinburgh Regional with a 13-2 victory over Rising Sun here Saturday morning...
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Nice guys finish first; Nice guys finish fifth
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
Nice guys are no different than anybody else ---- sometimes they win and sometimes they finish fifth. Such was the case this weekend for Shakamak baseball coach Chip Sweet and Linton-Stockton boys golf coach Darren Clayton. Traveling to different ends of the state this weekend, I witnessed two distinctly dissimilar regional results for the two Greene County coaches and their teams...
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Shakamak wins Class A Edinburgh Regional
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
EDINBURGH ---- Just another laugher. Shakamak continues to make a mockery of the Class A baseball playoffs. After beating Rising Sun 13-2 in the first semifinal game here at the Edinburgh Regional Saturday morning, the Lakers earned their first trip to the state finals with a 15-2 drubbing of Indianapolis Lutheran in five innings in the championship game...
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Statements gives police reason to be concern
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
A residence on East Shanklin St. near Jasonville was the site of a search by the state police Explosive Ordinance Disposal team Saturday. According to police reports, Greene County and Jasonville police were called to the residence after they received a call from a neighbor of Raymond Dickey, 59...
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Country Fest has something for everyone
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
HENRICKSVILLE ---- The Country Fest at Cherokee Ridge in eastern Greene County on Saturday couldn't have been a more perfect day. There was something for everyone. For nature lovers, there was the Woodland Walk, for history buffs, there were the live vignettes, for music enthusiasts, there was chamber music, jazz piano and Blue Grass. On top of this, add craft workshops, a gift shop and food vendors...
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Lakers give their fans plenty of reasons to celebrate
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
JASONVILLE ---- It was a hot time in the old town of Jasonville on Saturday night. Shakamak High School baseball fans lined Main Street to welcome the Lakers home after they won the Class A Edinburgh Regional baseball tournament earlier in the day. The boys were given a police escort and they rode on the tops of firetrucks from Jasonville, Lewis Township and Wright Township fire departments...
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Special section to highlight Lakers
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
When the subject turns to baseball and Greene County, it's a pretty safe bet Shakamak High School's program is one of the first to be talked about. The Lakers have a rich tradition others have tried to match over the years. Some area programs are getting closer, but Shakamak is still the one coaches and players take aim at each spring...
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Olgie Mae Ray
(Local News ~ 06/10/02)
NEWBERRY ---- Olgie Mae Ray 70, of Newberry, passed away at 9:25 p.m. Saturday, June 8, 2002, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Born July 25, 1931, at Bell County, Texas, she was the daughter of Glen and Mary (Jackson) Buchanan. She was a homemaker...
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