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Building Corporation to discuss courthouse damage
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
The Greene County Building Corporation will conduct a special meeting Thursday morning to look into hiring an outside engineer and other professionals to address damages to the courthouse addition/renovation project. The 8 a.m. meeting in the commissioners room, located in the courthouse basement, will be to consider what course of action the building corporation and the county commissioners need to pursue in wake of damages done during the current courthouse addition/renovation project, commissioners attorney Marilyn Hartman said.. ...
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Sarah Jean Adamson Stanley
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- Sarah Jean Adamson Stanley, 91, of Indianapolis, passed away at 10:09 p.m., Sunday, June 1, 2003 at Hoosier Village Retirement Community in Indianapolis. Born Feb. 14, 1912 in Marco, she was the daughter of John and Della (Sparks) Adamson...
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Nellie E. Trump
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
GREENWOOD ---- Nellie E. Trump, 73, of Greenwood, passed away Sunday, June 1, 2003 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Aug. 28, 1929 in Clay County, she was the daughter of Waldren "Jake" and Violet (Miller) Killian. Survivors include, son and daughter-in-law, David Kent and Constance Trump of Greenwood; brother, Carl Killian of Linton; six grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren...
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Esther L. Seibel
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
WORTHINGTON ---- Esther L. Seibel, 81, of Worthington, passed away at 11 p.m., Saturday, May 31, 2003 at her residence. Born Aug. 20, 1921 in Richmond, Va., she was the daughter of Arthur and Ellen Smith. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Catholic Church...
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Errors doom WRV in baseball sectional
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
JASONVILLE-Errors have been the story of White River Valley's baseball season and errors are why the Wolverines' season came to a close Monday evening at the Shakamak Sectional. WRV committed eight errors against Clay City in last night's opening game, seven of the miscues coming in the first three innings, and lost to Eels 12-1 in six innings...
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NBA finals has ABA flavor
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
In a first for the National Basketball Association, two former American Basketball Association teams will be playing for the championship of the NBA, beginning Wednesday night when the San Antonio Spurs entertain the New Jersey Nets. As a fan of the Indiana Pacers, who along with the Denver Nuggets, Spurs and then New York Nets were the ABA teams that survived to merge with the NBA in 1976-77, it gives me a great sense of satisfaction to know that the 2003 NBA champion has its roots in the ABA...
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Miners break road record; win North Knox Invitational
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
Although more than three weeks after originally scheduled, the Linton-Stockton boys golf team won the North Knox Invitational for the third consecutive year. On Monday, No. 20 Linton-Stockton shot a school-record 301, which was 11 strokes better than No. 5 Vincennes Lincoln and 12 shots better than host North Knox at the Bicknell Country Club...
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IDEM files suit against Linton man
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Linton man is being sued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. The civil enforcement was filed in Greene Circuit Court on Friday against Michael Lannan dba Lannan Farms. According to court documents, the lawsuit is a result of an investigation by IDEM into Lannan's animal feeding operation located on SW H Street...
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Switz City Council meets
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- Don Blanton, president of the Switz City Town Council, told the people of Switz City on Monday evening that they would have to do some work. "I have done all I can do," he said. Blanton was referring to the train engines that sit running and belching for hours in Switz City...
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Day camp gives children an alternative
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
A day camp for children that started Monday morning in Worthington is planned to be more than a way to pass the summer ---- it will give the children a safe, supervised place to be, while it will also be educational and fun. Martha Smith, who is on the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Greene County and also serves as president of the Worthington Park Board, said that last year the B&G Club had after-school programs for children...
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Crop diagnostic training clinic set
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
The Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service will be holding a Crop Diagnostic Training Clinic on June 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Research Center, located three miles north of Vincennes on U.S. 41. This year's crop training clinic will focus on the following areas: Herbicide mode of action, corn and wheat growth and development under this year's conditions, importance of residue and soil management in no-till crop production, insect pests, and crop trouble-shooting.. ...
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Linton board considering solutions to JH problems
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
The Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees met in special session Monday night to discuss problems with the Linton-Stockton Junior High building, and possible solutions. There are several options to consider ---- including just making basic repairs and making do with what is there, remodeling, or even constructing a new facility ---- but a very tight budget...
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Warm weather brings out scam artists
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
The warm weather brings out beautiful flowers, but also brings out scam artists. The Greene County Sheriff's Department and prosecutor's office are warning county residents that the home improvement scams have already started. On Monday, Greene County Sheriff's Major Terry Pierce learned of a case in eastern part of the county in which a man paid someone to put in a lightening rod and the work was never done. The man stopped payment on the check...
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Dentist takes his practice on the road
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
When children don't get regular dental care, problems develop. A Monroe County dentist is literally taking his practice on the road in hopes of heading off some of those potential dental nightmares. Ronald E. Deckard, DDS, brought his mobile dental clinic to Bloomfield for the first time Monday morning offering free dental exams at the Boys and Girls Club. Deckard and his staff with Mobile Dental Health Care Services Corporation saw six patients on his initial visit to Greene County...
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Wilbur Lee Page
(Local News ~ 06/03/03)
JASONVILLE ---- Wilbur Lee Page, 75, of Jasonville, passed away at 5:27 p.m., Sunday, June 1, 2003 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born July 6, 1927 in Linton, he was the son of Erman and Florence (Duncan) Page. He was a meat cutter at Great Scott Gorcery Store in Terre Haute, and was a veteran of the Navy in World War II. He was a member of the United Methodist Church; Masonic Lodge 86 of Terre Haute; and past Monarch of the Kerman Gratto of Terre Haute...
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