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New fairways will help golfers; city will save money
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
Driving by the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton, you may have noticed that portions of the fairways have been far from green lately. They've been brown. Not to worry, it's all part of a plan to improve the course by eliminating the fairway's Kentucky bluegrass and rye grass and replacing it with Bermuda grass...
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Wilbur E. May
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Wilbur E. May, 76, of Jasonville, passed away at 8 a.m., Sunday, July 14, 2002 at his residence. Born Oct. 14, 1925 in Arney, he was the son of Earl and Fern (Pittman) May. He was a car dealer, and owned W.E. May Used Cars in Jasonville for 20 years. He also drove a school bus for Shakamak schools for six years. He was a member of the Jasonville Church of God, and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
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Sarah Deckard Bailey
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
Sarah Deckard Bailey, 89, of Linton, passed away at 8:24 a.m., Saturday, July 13, 2002 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Nov. 24, 1912 in Dugger, she was the daughter of Perry and Alice (Neal) Deckard. She was a registered nurse and homemaker, and was a member of the Summerville Church of Christ...
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Bobby O. Dunning
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
Bobby O. Dunning, 76, of Linton, passed away at 11:50 p.m., Saturday, July 13, 2002 at Walnut Creek at Linton. Born Oct. 6, 1925 in Greene County, he was the son of Robert Reed and Lillie Mae (Davis) Dunning. He worked as a major in security at NWSC Crane, retiring in 1985. ...
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Goodman competes for South Stars
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
DAILY CITIZEN SPORTS EDITOR Linton-Stockton graduate Nick Goodman, who was batting clean-up for the South All-Stars, came up with a hit and scored two runs as South defeated North 9-1 in the opening game of the Indiana All-Star Classic at Lambert Field in West Lafayette Saturday...
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Karting Association results
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
Christopher Nickless, Ryan Carlisle, Mike Freeman, Troy Johnson, Derek Campbell, Daniel Hays and Jim Baker were the Linton Karting Association winners on July 6 at Bakersfield Raceway in Linton. Linton Karting Association At Bakersfield Raceway Linton...
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Fischer ninth
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
Four golfers from Linton finished in the top 19 on the Indiana PGA Junior Tour stop at the Otis Park Golf Course in Bedford Friday. In the boys 13-14 division, Caleb Fischer finished with an 11-over par 83 (42-41), which was good for ninth place. In the same division, George Fritch IV placed 16th with a total of 88 (44-44)...
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Softball league
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
The Bicknell Coed Softball League, for players ages 16 and up, will begin on Monday, Aug. 5. Deadline for entering is Sunday, July 28. For more information, call Ed Stagner at 328-2376 or Brandy Lett at 735-3025.
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Greene County teams advance in Babe Ruth
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
Despite losses on Sunday, Greene County's 14- and 15-year old Babe Ruth All-Stars teams both advanced out of the District 6 tournament as second-place finishers. Greene County lost to Terre Haute North 6-2 in the title game for 15-year olds. North came up with 11 hits and capitalized on three errors by Greene County...
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Bloomfield man hurt in wreck near Washington
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
A 19-year-old Bloomfield man was injured in a two-vehicle accident Friday morning. Jason Williams was driving north on State Road 57, about four miles north of Washington, at about 9 a.m. when he fell asleep at the wheel and his Chevy Cavalier drifted left of center...
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Second Habitat House dedication conducted
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- On Sunday afternoon, Mark Bishton, standing in for Jim Riester, presented a Bible and keys to Candace Tarry as the new owner of the second Greene County Habitat for Humanity House. Excited and anxious to get settled into their new home, Tarry and her three children, Ashley, Samantha and Thomas, will begin moving Tuesday into the three-bedroom ranch style home on Cold Springs Road in Bloomfield...
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Weaver says organization key to his new duties
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
Getting to work early has never been a problem for Roger Weaver. Staying late doesn't bother the veteran educator either. "I've always felt like I enjoy working. I'm a hard worker," Weaver said this morning. "That's one thing, nobody is going to outwork me...
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Bloomfield man arrested for bank robbery
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
A Bloomfield man was arrested on Friday and charged with one count of armed bank robbery. According to the Indiana State Police, Christopher Aaron Chambers, 28, was arrested in Bloomfield on Friday at 9 a.m. by officers from the Indiana State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigations...
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GCYA 'out of money;' summer classes suspended
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
Money problems have forced the Greene County Youth Alternatives to suspend summer classes. "We are out of money, but we are working on remedying that," GCYA board member Charley Dibble told The Daily Citizen this morning. The school, which had been conducting classes at the Linton National Guard Armory since the Indiana State Fire Marshal office shut its facility down due to numerous violations, had classes up until Friday...
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Police bust up major meth operation
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
In the war against the growing methamphetamine problem, everyone needs to be involved. Involvement by a Jasonville business has resulted in the discovery of major methamphetamine operation near Coalmont. On Wednesday at approximately 7 p.m., employees at the Jasonville IGA noticed a man buying four cans of starting fluid and numerous boxes of ephedrine. Both are items used in the manufacturing of meth...
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Elmer E. (Gene) Fulford
(Local News ~ 07/15/02)
Elmer E. (Gene) Fulford, a former resident of the Linton area, passed away Tuesday, July 6, 2002 at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. Survivors include, one son and daughter-in-law, David and Marian Fulford of Dugger; three daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Morris Earle of Lyons, Marsha and Jack Williams of Linton and Karen and Earle Gardner of Lyons; 16 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; one brother; and four sisters...
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