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Soldiers may be coming home
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
If the information family members are receiving is correct, then some of the members from 181st Air National Guard could be on their way home soon. The 181st Air National Guard is based out of Terre Haute and most have been in Turkey since as early as January. They are part of the war with Iraq and terrorism...
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Bloomfield baseball preview
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
The rebuilding process has been a slow but gradual one for David Dean and the Bloomfield baseball program, winning just 11 games in his first two seasons. The Cardinals turned the corner a year ago, posting a winning record - 12-11 - and finishing 4-3 in the SWIAC...
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Shakamak dominates Cloverdale in opener
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
Brian Barber, Austin Witt and Brent Essex combined for a two-hit shutout to lead Shakamak to a 10-0 victory over host Cloverdale Thursday night. The Lakers, defending Class A state finalist, pounded out 13 hits in their opener, which was called after five innings because of the 10-run rule...
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Roy Herndon Field has a new look
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
Now that's what a baseball field is supposed to be like - bright, shiny and colorful! The former colorless, almost drab-looking Roy Herndon Field, shines like new money. "Bart Berns is the reason for this," Linton-Stockton athletic director Charlie Karazsia said of the Miner baseball coach. "He is the one solely responsible for how great this place looks...
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Lakers blank Clovers
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
Nicole Fougerousse tossed a no-hitter and Shakamak scored in every inning, making the most of six hits and capitalizing on six errors as the Lady Lakers opened the softball season with a 10-0 victory over host Cloverdale Thursday night. "We needed to play in a live game situation," said Shakamak coach Beth Wernz. ...
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Lady Miners 1-3
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
Too many errors and not enough hits and runs doomed the Linton-Stockton softball team again, as the Lady Miners dropped a 6-2 decision at Owen Valley Thursday night. "It was the same old story," said Linton-Stockton coach Jessi French, whose Lady Miners slipped to 1-3, completing a stretch of four games in as many days...
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Berniece May Lee
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
ODON ---- Berniece May Lee, 88, of Odon, passed away at 12:10 p.m., Thursday, April 3, 2003. Born March 14, 1915 in Daviess County, she was the daughter of Walter S. and Fannie (Starling) Shafer. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Mount Nebo Methodist Church...
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Wayne E. Bedwell
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
SULLIVAN ---- Wayne E. Bedwell, 87, of Sullivan, passed away at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at Hendricks Community Hospital in Danville. Born Aug. 31, 1915, in Dugger, he was the son of Albert "Curt" and Myrtle Jane (Alumbaugh) Bedwell...
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Iris L. Tryon-French
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
Iris L. Tryon-French, 91, of Linton and formerly of Michigan, passed away at 5:05 p.m., Thursday, April 3, 2003 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Aug. 27, 1911 in Linton, she was the daughter of Virgil and Lura Gertrude (Hale) Trinkle. In her younger years she worked in a factory in Detroit, Mich. She was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church in Vicksburg, the Linton Ladies Civitan and NARFE...
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Bloomfield girls basketball coach resigns
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
Amy Watson picked the occasion of Tuesday's Bloomfield Basketball Awards Banquet to inform the audience she would not be back in the same capacity next season, in other words, Watson has resigned as the Lady Cardinals' girls varsity basketball coach...
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Eastern baseball preview
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Jerry Chaney has found out at least one thing to be true during his first two years as Eastern's baseball coach. The T-Birds' schedule is top heavy at the start, meaning many of Eastern's tougher opponents come early in the spring...
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Abused, neglected children remembered
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
The mood was a combination of sorrow and resolve at a candlelight vigil held Thursday night in Linton. Sorrow for the 70 children who died in Indiana in 2002 as the result of child abuse or neglect. Resolve to do something to prevent other children from becoming victims...
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Former FBI agent gives students 'straight talk'
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
Former Federal Bureau of Investigations agent Gary Dunn has seen a lot of life's good and bad elements during his lengthy law enforcement career. During his tenure with the FBI, Dunn investigated the murder of Linton resident Pam Foddrill and helped to put three "evil" men in prison for a very long time...
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Balloons end up giving girls a fun adventure
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
SOLSBERRY ---- A group of eight helium-filled balloons launched by a pair of 3-year-old rural Solsberry girls last month made a 120-mile, eight-day journey before being discovered by a police chief in a small central Indiana town. Riley Harper's birthday was March 10. ...
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Jones focusing on water safety
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
Jackie Jones was just wanting to find a quiet place to stay on her way home March 28 from a hectic trip to Florida with her two young daughters, MacKenzie, 6, and Skylar, 14 months. But when she stopped at the Briarwood Inn in Valdosta, GA., little did she know what she was going to face...
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Sandborn Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
SANDBORN ---- Sandborn is one step closer in the slow process of installing a sewage system. On Thursday evening, John Acree from Lamac Engineering, Inc. presented the town board with a final draft of plans for a septic tank affluent pump collection system and a recirculating sand filter treatment system...
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Greene County Longbeard Chapter fundraiser set
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
For seven years the Greene County Longbeard Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation has been working to help establish habitats for wild turkeys. On Saturday night they will continue those efforts with their annual banquet. The banquet will be at the Roy Clark Community Building in the Linton Humphreys Park. The doors will open at 5 p.m. and dinner will begin at 7 p.m...
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HOSTETTLER PRAISES CRANE'S CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
DEFENSE WASHINGTON, D.C. ---- Indiana's Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) is unique in the expertise and support it provides for the Defense Department and U.S. warfighters, U.S. Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind) said Thursday morning at the annual Crane Congressional Breakfast in Washington, D.C...
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Bloomfield students honored
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
The "best of the best" students from Bloomfield High School were honored Thursday night by the Bloomfield Rotary Club. The top 10 ranked students academically were formally recognized by the Rotarians as part of the annual Honors Night program held at the Bloomfield Oddfellow's Lodge...
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Charles Lee Isenogle
(Local News ~ 04/04/03)
NEWBERRY ---- Charles Lee Isenogle, 83, of Newberry, passed away at 2:30 a.m., today, April 4, 2003 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Jan. 24, 1920 in Greene County, he was the son of Charles and Amy (Overton) Isenogle. He was a carpenter for Goheen Construction Company in Bloomington, and a member of Mount Nebo United Methodist Church...
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