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Sunset park undergoing renovations
(Local News ~ 01/23/03)
Sunset Park, just north of Linton and part of its city park system, is undergoing some renovations and improvements in preparation of the 2003 camping season. Those improvements include 10 new campsites, new roads and a new bathhouse. The work currently is being done by a work crew from the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility at Carlisle, which has spent most of January working at Sunset...
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Auxiliary happy to support soldiers
(Local News ~ 01/23/03)
The ladies of the American Legion Post 22 Auxiliary don't look at what they're doing as anything special. It's what they feel obligated to do. "It is all for the soldiers. It is all about them," said Susie Brinson of the auxiliary. The ladies were at the Linton National Guard Armory on Wednesday afternoon to make yellow bows and distribute those as well as sell T-shirts. It was part of a fundraiser for the Family Readiness Group...
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Couple ready to meet needs with a soup kitchen
(Local News ~ 01/23/03)
There are people who need a good, warm meal, but due to circumstances beyond their control, that meal eludes them. Now a man and woman, who have adopted the area as their hometown, are starting a soup kitchen to make sure anybody who wants a warm meal can have one...
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Fair takes visitors back in time
(Local News ~ 01/23/03)
This weekend you can travel back to early America, buy a primitive-looking utensil, article of clothing or black powder bag, and experience some of our country's history. It will all be at the 1750-1840 Trade Fair. Sponsored by the Buck Creek Muzzle Loaders, the fair will be inside the Roy Clark Community Building in Linton's Humphreys Park on Saturday and Sunday...
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Fundraiser to be held for Tatlock
(Local News ~ 01/23/03)
Tuesday was a bad day for Mike Tatlock. His home on 809 H St. NE in Linton caught fire in the early morning hours and burned, taking with it almost everything he owned. On Wednesday, Tatlock learned the cause of the fire and that friends are planning to hold a fundraiser for him...
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Bloomfield teen escapes serious injury in one vehicle accident
(Local News ~ 01/23/03)
A Bloomfield teen is fortunate this morning to be at home following a one-vehicle accident Wednesday night. Jared David Branco, 18, was traveling west on State Road 54 near the Greene County 4-H Fairgrounds when he left the road and hit a culvert. According to Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Bryan Woodall's accident report, after hitting the culvert Branco's vehicle became airborne and rolled over. The vehicle then flipped end over end. It came to rest on its wheels facing south...
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Olive M. Hunter
(Local News ~ 01/23/03)
Olive M. Hunter, 87, of Lyons, passed away at 11:15 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born July 28, 1915 at Switz City, she was the daughter of Sinclair and Effie (Carpenter) Hunter. She was a member of Lyons Church of Christ in Lyons...
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Claud Everett Smith
(Local News ~ 01/23/03)
Claud Everett Smith, 96, of Linton, passed away at 11:06 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born March 6, 1906 in Martin County, he was the son of Fay and Clara Belle (Jackson) Smith. He was a retired farmer...
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Three conference games to be played this weekend
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/03)
Light does not mean action-packed. There are just five boys basketball games featuring area teams this weekend, but three are conference battles. Bloomfield is the only team that will play twice this weekend, neither a South Western Indiana Athletic Conference contest...
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