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Whitaker went from Bogle Corner to Adjutant General
(Local News ~ 03/05/03)
To the Indiana National Guard he was Gen. Charles W. Whitaker, but to his aunt Mid Bennett, he was her fishing buddy. "He was my fishing buddy and just my best friend," said Bennett from her home at Bogle Corner, just outside of Jasonville...
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Auxiliary sending packages to soldiers overseas
(Local News ~ 03/05/03)
Jennie Sparks and the rest of the Linton American Legion Auxiliary ladies have been working hard to collect items for those men and women from the area who are serving our country overseas. The ladies have set up drop-off spots for people wanting to help, but now comes a strange request from the soldiers...
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Foglesong vying for city council spot
(Local News ~ 03/05/03)
"I think Linton is the greatest little city there is, and want it to be a safe place we are proud of and want to come home to," Kelly Foglesong said. Foglesong recently announced his candidacy for Linton City Council in District 4. Foglesong said he believes the council needs to work closely with the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce, Greene County Economic Development Corporation and tourism to attract business and employment to the area...
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Courthouse being monitored
(Local News ~ 03/05/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Todd Taylor from United Consulting Engineers gave an update on the progress of the courthouse renovation project at the Greene County Commissioners meeting Tuesday. He reported that one half of the grouting work on the south side of the building was completed and the crew had also recently begun grouting on the west side...
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Cardinals explode for easy win over Union
(Local News ~ 03/05/03)
CLAY CITY ---- Doug Boyd was hoping to nurse his underdog Union (Dugger) Bulldogs through the first couple of minutes against Class A No. 8 Bloomfield here Tuesday night in the first-round of the Clay City boys basketball sectional. They made it through the first five minutes, trailing just 5-2, but the Cardinals used three steals to spark 11 unanswered points in a span of three minutes as Bloomfield went on to defeat Union 60-23...
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Shakamak scores only 29 points in sectional setback
(Local News ~ 03/05/03)
CLAY CITY ---- After missing his first four shots, Shakamak boys basketball coach Josh Johnson thought he had Clay City guard Elliott Booe exactly where he wanted him. But Booe answered with four consecutive 3-pointers, accounting for all but two the Eels' points in a 14-4 spurt, bridged over the first and second quarters, as Class A No. 2 Clay City forged ahead 26-14 at halftime and went on to defeat the Lakers 43-29 in the opening game of Clay City Sectional here Tuesday night...
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Miners never fully recover from slow start
(Local News ~ 03/05/03)
BICKNELL ---- It wasn't much of a secret as to what Eastern had to do to beat Linton in the opening game of the Class 2A North Knox Sectional on Tuesday night. Pound the ball inside to 6-foot-7 senior Clint Burris, considering Linton's tallest starter was 5-foot-11...
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Mildred L. Bays
(Local News ~ 03/05/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Mildred L. Bays, 77, of Bloomfield, passed away at 10:12 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at Terre Haute Union Hospital. Born Aug. 4, 1925 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Blumer and Ethel (Foster) Hasler. She was a homemaker and helped her husband operate Bays Trucking Company...
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