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Paintball proves popular at Greene County fair
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Imagine starting a game in your backyard and less than a year later owning five playing courses and pro shop, well on your way to being the biggest in the state. That's what Paul Beard of Treehuggers Paintball has done. Treehuggers made an even bigger mark with its inaugural paintball competition at the Greene County 4-H Fair on Wednesday night...
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Cecil Walter Disney, Jr.
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
MARTINSVILLE ---- Cecil Walter Disney, Jr., 74, of Martinsville, passed away at 7:19 p.m., Tuesday, July 16, 2002 at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center at Indianapolis. Born Feb. 22, 1928 in Colorado, Texas, he was the son of Cecil and Vivian V. (Thomas) Disney...
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Mary Frances Gustafson
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
MIDLAND ---- Mary Grances (VanHorn) Gustafson, 64, of Midland, passed away at 4:10 p.m., Tuesday, July 16, 2002 at Indiana University Medical Center at Indianapolis. Born Oct. 15, 1937 in Howesville, she was the daughter of Fredrick and Ivy (Shonk) VanHorn...
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Meurer looking forward to being a head coach again
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
DUGGER ---- Once a head coach, always a head coach. While Steve Meurer enjoyed the past three years, which included being junior varsity volleyball coach with his wife Tammy at Union (Dugger) and serving as junior varsity boys basketball coach at UHS, Steve could not pass up the opportunity to run his own program again...
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Union football camp next week
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
Union (Dugger) High School football coach Todd Gambill will be having a football camp for players in incoming grades 9-12 beginning Monday. The camp is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. daily, running until Friday, July 26. For more information, call Gambill at 665-3710...
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Hole-in-ones
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
Zach Sykes and Tim Latimer both recorded hole-in-ones recently at Boltenwood Golf Course in Linton. Sykes posted his ace on No. 7 on Wednesday while Tim Latimer came up with a hole-in-one on No. 17.
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Family transfers land to DNR
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
Hubert Tieman and his son, Hubert Tieman Jr., have transferred ownership of 820 acres of land in Greene County to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, through a conservation easement. Junior Tieman said he and his father purchased the ground in 1997 with the intent of preserving it...
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Commissioner says I-69 is on schedule
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
Bryan Nicol, the commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), spoke to the Bloomington Rotary Club last week about transportation issues confronting Indiana. During his presentation he mentioned that work on the I-69 project was proceeding according to schedule, and that we can expect the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) to be released within the next couple of weeks...
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Church group puts together cookbooks for fund-raiser
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
For members of the Friendship Circle at St. Peter Catholic Church in Linton, sharing recipes has become more than a friendly gesture. The women are selling cookbooks, put together and published by the group, as a fund-raiser. It was a combined effort, with several members of the congregation submitting their favorite recipes for the project...
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Another meth lab busted in Coalmont
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
A tip from a concerned citizen has resulted in the discovery of another methamphetamine lab in Coalmont. On Wednesday, Clay County Sheriff Rob Carter received a call with a report of the odor of ether coming from a residence located at the corner of McNabb and Railroad St. in Coalmont. The residence was occupied by James (Jimmy) Daniel Hancock, 25, and Melissa D. McCrary, 22...
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Athletes, coach talk about possible drug testing
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
If Cristina Hoffer is asked to give blood for a drug test, she won't be worried about the results. It's the actual drawing of the blood that has her worried. "I don't like needles," she said with a chuckle. "I'm worried about whether they'd have to draw blood or not...
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It's been a tough year for Millers
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
July 18, 2001. A mother and stepfather stop by their daughter's trailer. What they discover changes their lives, and the lives of their two granddaughters, forever. Katherine and Doyle Miller, Sr. found Paula Kae Pauling, 38, lying face up on a bed in the bedroom of her mobile home near Jasonville. She was nude from the waist down and was covered in blood. She was dead...
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David E. Fulford
(Local News ~ 07/18/02)
CASS ---- David E. Fulford, 57, of Cass, passed away Monday, July 15, 2002 at the Veteran's Hospital in Denver, Colo. Funeral arrangements are pending at Newkirk Funeral Home in Dugger.
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