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General Information
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
History The Linton Daily Citizen is nearly 100 years old. This newspaper is the sole survival of a group of early weeklies and the Daily Call. It remains the largest daily newspaper in Greene County. The Linton Daily Citizen is printed Monday through Friday...
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Donald R. Flinn
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
NEW ALBANY ---- Donald R. Flinn, 58, of New Albany, passed away Monday, May 26, 2003 at Floyd Memorial Hospital & Health Services in New Albany. He retired as a Lt. Col. from the U.S. Air Force following 23 years of service that included both the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. ...
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Jeffrey Donald Lane
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Jeffrey Donald Lane, 40, of Bloomfield, passed away at 6:40 p.m., Monday, May 26, 2003 on State Road 54, five miles east of Bloomfield. Born Dec. 22, 1962 in Indianapolis, he was the son of Kenneth and Patricia (Pearson) Lane. He had worked for Soft Touch Movers in Bloomington and had just started his own business, Clean Sweep Carpet cleaning...
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Samuel K. Brett
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
LOOGOOTEE ---- Samuel K. Brett, 53, of Loogootee, passed away at 11:45 a.m. Monday May 26, 2003, at Dover Hill, Ind. Born Nov. 7, 1949, he was the son of David and Ruth (Sanders) Brett. He was retired from NSWC Crane, telecommunications. He was a member of Friendship United Methodist Church at Hickory Ridge; Shoals American Legion Post 61; and Shoals VFW. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War...
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Linton, Shakamak advance in softball sectional
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
CLAY CITY-The Greene County bracket of the Clay City Sectional semifinals was filled on Tuesday when Shakamak edged Bloomfield 3-1 and Linton got past Eastern 4-1. Clay City (9-8) will take on North Central (19-5) tonight at 5:00pm. followed by Shakamak (11-10) and Linton (10-12)...
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Eastern stumbles at end of season
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
CLAY CITY-It was only a few weeks ago that Eastern's softball team climbed above the .500 mark with an 8-7 record. The Lady T-Birds' season ended last night at the Clay City Sectional, a season which ended 7-15-1. The T-Birds went 0-7-1 over their last eight games and had to give back a win over Eminence due to using an ineligible player...
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Hauger ousted
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
Linton-Stockton senior Kristen Hauger ended her tennis career with a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Jaime McNichols of Bedford North Lawrence 6-0, 6-0 in the sectional for No. 1 singles players at Greenwood Tuesday. "Kristen basically started out with that deer in the headlight look," said Linton-Stockton girls tennis coach Brad McKinney. "After watching the two regional (team) matches, she was a little uneasy...
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Firestone going back to state
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
White River Valley senior Malea Firestone repeated as champion in the 300 meter low hurdles at the Bedford North Lawrence girls track and field regional Tuesday, earning her fourth straight trip to the state finals, which will be Saturday, June 7 in Indianapolis...
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Miners rally past Bethesda
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
Linton-Stockton scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving the Miners a 9-2 victory over Bethesda Baptist in a non-conference baseball game at Roy Herndon Field Tuesday. The Miners (18-8) finished with eight hits, including a double and RBI by Justin Suthard. Ted Butler and Josh House both had two hits. Butler reached base safely four times, scoring twice. House had two RBIs...
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Shields agrees to plea agreement
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Prospective jurors gathered in the Greene Circuit Court on Tuesday morning for Verlin Shields' trial. Shields was to have a trial on the charges of operating a vehicle while being a habitual traffic violator and driving while suspended...
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Clark to bring his friends back to Linton for show
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
When country music first crossed over onto the pop charts, it was Roy Clark who did it. When a small town in the Ozarks, Branson, Mo., got to be known as the live music capital of the world, it was Clark who started it. When the longest-running syndicated television series in history, Hee Haw, was on the air, Clark starred in it...
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Open Arms helps teenager recover
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
Katy Messer is wise beyond her 17 years. Her wisdom has come out of necessity. Katy has had four placements in foster homes and a group home in just four years. "She has matured because of things out of her control. She has taken some sad things in her life and made them work for her rather than against her," said Deborah Lynn, deputy administer at the Open Arms Christian Home where Katy was in the group home for eight months...
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Clark's visit helps Linton-area economy
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
When "the Czar of Guitar," Roy Clark, brings his country music star friends to Linton for the Greene County Foundation Weekend, high school seniors aren't the only ones who benefit. So do local businesses. Clark, a country music superstar and Country Music Association Musician of the Year in 1977, 1978 and 1980, will perform in the Linton-Stockton High School gym this Saturday night. ...
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Hostettler writes his first book
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
"My father was a farmer. Sometimes he sowed several kinds of seeds at one sowing in field. He called that a shotgun mixture. This book also is a shotgun mixture of my experiences, thus far in my journey. I have written about some of the valleys and mountain top experiences which have profoundly affected me, particularly in the later years of my life."...
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Grace (Sargent) Dowden
(Local News ~ 05/28/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Grace (Sargent) Dowden, 78, of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:35 a.m., Monday, May 26, 2003 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Feb. 18, 1925 in Hymera, she was the daughter of George H. and Mabel R. (McCoskey) Sargent. She was a school teacher and elementary guidance counselor at Bloomfield schools, retiring in 1987. ...
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