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Indiana Rail Road dedicates new stretch of tracks
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
The Indiana Rail Road officially inaugurated a six-mile stretch of track Friday afternoon that alleviates traffic tie-ups in Linton and allows coal trains to bypass Linton. For years, coal trains were switched from the Canadian Pacific Railway to the IRR in Linton, where both carriers' tracks intersect, resulting in blocked intersections and traffic delays on busy State Road 59 south of the city. ...
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Tecumseh tops Union in football sectional
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
The hottest team in Class A Sectional 40 continued its winning ways, dominating visiting Union (Dugger) 53-14 in a opening round football playoff game at Lynnville Friday night. The Tecumseh Braves, who have now won six of seven games after starting 0-4, set the tone by opening the game with a 60-yard drive, which was capped by an 18-yard touchdown pass from Cory Julian to Brad Meyer. ...
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Linton volleyball team falls short in title game
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
BICKNELL ---- It didn't take coach Mike Misner long to figure out why his Linton-Stockton High School volleyball team didn't play well against Evansville Mater Dei on Saturday night. "They got us out of our serve receive," Misner said after the Miners' 21-16, 21-13, 21-7 setback to the Wildcats in the Class 2A North Knox Sectional championship match. ...
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Union wins first volleyball sectional
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- As songwriter Harry Chapin once sang, "It's got to be the going, not the getting there that's good." Poetic lyrics for a folk singer, but a motto that Union (Dugger) volleyball coach Tammy Meurer has more or less coached by during her 14 seasons. In some part because the Lady Bulldogs have won numerous county, conference and invitational championships and posted eight winning seasons in past nine years, but were unable to win the sectional...
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Union finally breaks through at Bloomfield Sectional
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Chalk it up to bad timing or being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whether the stars were never quite in the right alignment or fate wasn't on their side, before this season, Union (Dugger) had very good volleyball teams, winning 21 or more matches in seven of the past eight years, including then school records 29-5 in 1997 and 30-4 last season...
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Union tops Bloomfield in volleyball sectional
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- It was almost poetic justice that Union (Dugger) had to go through Bloomfield to win a sectional championship. In Saturday morning's first semifinal match here at the Class A Bloomfield Sectional, the Lady Bulldogs exorcised a few more demons with a 21-14, 21-18, 21-9 victory over the five-time defending champion Lady Cardinals...
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WRV tops North Central in semifinals
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- White River Valley showed little affects of nine days between matches as the Lady Wolverines advanced to the finals of the Class A Bloomfield Sectional with a 21-8, 21-12, 21-8 victory over North Central here Saturday afternoon. "I saw a big difference in my girls," said WRV volleyball coach Becky Borter. "In our net play...
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Robinson qualifies for state championship meet
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
For almost everyone in attendance at cross country semistate at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute Saturday, Linton-Stockton senior Breck Robinson was an afterthought. On the 'official results' that were handed out to the coaches and media, Robinson was listed as finishing 16th at 15 minutes, 46.54 seconds, one spot short of advancing to the state finals...
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Linton has too many mistakes in sectional football setback
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
Linton-Stockton coach Steve Weber has talked about the importance of eliminating mistakes and penalties all season. After building up a 12-6 lead by playing virtually mistake-free football, the Miners had three turnovers and were whistled for four costly penalties in the final 18 minutes as Springs Valley capitalized, coming away with a 22-12 win at Roy Williams Field Friday night, ending the Miners quest for their first sectional championship since 1998...
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Linton hoop meeting
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
There will be a meeting for parents of any boy or girl in the fifth or sixth grade wishing to play in the Linton-Stockton Elementary Basketball Program at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the elementary school cafeteria. Boys varsity coach Gene Hall, girls varsity coach Mike Riggleman and elementary athletic director Bart Berns will be the presenters...
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Deputy Drew busy over the weekend
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
Over the weekend Greene County Sheriff's Deputy David Drew investigated four accidents throughout the county. On Sunday at 4:15 a.m. Douglas L. Bayse, 19, of Bloomfield and his passenger, Devin Schantz, 20, of Bloomfield were traveling northeast on CR 840E when the back end of the truck slid on wet pavement...
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Worthington man out of Michigan jail
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
A Greene County man jailed last week in Benton Harbor, Mich., has been released. This morning, a spokesperson for the Berrien County Criminal Court in Benton Harbor said Danny L. Weaver of Worthington had paid an unspecified amount of money and been released from jail...
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National Guard won't comment on Linton unit going overseas
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
As the events in the war against terrorism continues to escalate, the Indiana National Guard continues to be prepared to serve wherever needed. Recently the Linton Daily Citizen was contacted and told that the Indiana National Guard was on alert, and that the Linton National Guard was being deployed overseas...
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Goosepond project going on as scheduled
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
Greene County residents may not have noticed much activity this summer in the Goosepond area south of Linton, but a federal wetlands restoration/conservation project is moving forward. The Wilder Wetlands Restoration and conservation project will turn about 7,000 acres of ground in the Goosepond and Beehunter areas into its once-natural state as a wetlands...
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Linton seniors build winning foundation
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
BICKNELL ---- To be successful, someone must pay a price. No one knows that better than the four senior members of Linton-Stockton High School's volleyball team. The Miners may have came up short against seventh-ranked Evansville Mater Dei in the championship match of the Class 2A North Knox Sectional on Saturday night, but Linton's seniors didn't allow the defeat to dampen their spirits...
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Assessor candidates claim experience is key
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
Two new faces are competing for the Greene County assessor's position in the Nov. 5 election. Nancy Snellenberger is running on the Democrat ticket and Jerry Frye is representing the Republican party. Neither has previously held public office, but both cite their previous job experiences as qualifications for the job...
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Russell T. Hord
(Local News ~ 10/28/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Russell T. Hord, 80, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born May 8, 1922, in Greene County, he was the son of William Charles and Mamie (Hardisty) Hord. He worked as a steel worker at Haynes Stellite in Kokomo, and he also owned and operated Russ's Tire Center in Bloomfield. He was a member of Bloomfield Christian Church; Bloomfield Masonic Lodge; Terre Haute Zorah Shrine; and Indianapolis Scottish Rite...
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