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Current, future foster parents gather
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
A three-hour seminar was held Tuesday evening at Linton's Humphreys Park for currently licensed foster parents and for those who would like to foster teens. The seminar was directed by licensed clinical social workers Renee Rottet and Kent Houchins, and Jane Bisbee, executive director of the Division of Family and Children...
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Russell Coker
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Russell Coker, 49, of Bloomfield, passed away at 2 a.m., today, June 18, 2003 at his residence. Funeral services are pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Area sports notes
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
Little League meeting The Bloomfield Little League will hold a board meeting tonight at 6:30pm. at the Bloomfield Library. Babe Ruth Cards win The Bloomfield Cards Babe Ruth baseball team improved to 3-0 on Tuesday with a 14-3 rout of North Daviess Orange...
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WRV honors spring athletes
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
SWITZ CITY-White River Valley High School honored spring sports athletes with an awards banquet on Monday. Several WRV student-athletes received athletic-academic awards for maintaining a high grade point average. The group included tennis players Amanda Gehring, Holly Halt and Jaime Langhans, track athletes Malea Firestone, Megan Hollen, Lindsey Sipes and Seth Spencer, softball player Chelsea Thomas, baseball player Brandt Zimmerly and golfer Mike Powell...
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Eastern hopes to fill football position soon
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
EASTERN HEIGHTS-The search is on for a head football coach at Eastern after Joe Lorig was forced to resign the post when he and his wife lost their teaching jobs at North Knox. Lorig coached Eastern's football program at the junior varsity level for two years, but the Thunderbirds are just over two months away from their first ever varsity game at Linton on August 22 and they don't have a coach in place...
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Morris' win Freedom Festival run
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
Mike Morris and Tracie Morris were the overall winners in the annual Linton Freedom Festival 5k run, which took place earlier this month. Mike was the first men's finisher as he was timed at 22 minutes, 31 seconds. Tracie ran 26:05, which was the quickest female competitor...
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Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce meets
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
Linton's upcoming Freedom Festival, local attractions and promoting Linton were on the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce agenda Tuesday. Chamber president Ralph Hiatt discussed the Redbird State Riding Area, between Linton and Dugger; the Wilder Wetlands Restoration project (Goosepond) as being assets that should draw more people to this area...
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Volunteer Connection moves to Open Arms
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
The Volunteer Center of Greene County is relocating its office from the Boys and Girls Club building in Linton to the CAPE office on the campus of Open Arms Christian Ministries east of Switz City. The move becomes effective Thursday. Volunteer Connection of Greene County is the non-profit community volunteer center funded by a CAPE Grant (Community Alliance to Promote Education) from Lilly Endowment Inc. through the Greene County Foundation...
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Eastern students get a shock on nature walk
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- When children and leaders from the YMCA at Eastern School went for a nature walk Monday, they didn't expect to hear gunshots. The group was walking on the nature trails located on school property when they heard the shots in the woods...
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Bedwell honored for his work
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
A former Linton man and officer with the Indiana State Excise Police has been named as the State Wide Public Information Officer of the Year. Scott Bedwell learned in April, at a statewide awards banquet in Indianapolis, that he had won the award. He was chosen for the state-wide honor out of six district public information officers...
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Whiteheads help children in need
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
LYONS ---- "If you want to touch somebody's life, there's no better way to do it. You might not see the results tomorrow or the next day, but I'm telling you, it makes a difference." This is how Bryan Whitehead says it feels being a foster parent. He and his wife, Jeanine who live in rural Lyons, are licensed foster parents and have cared for 250 foster children during their 20 years of marriage. They also have four biological children, two adopted children and 11 grandchildren...
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Helen Harding
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
MUNCIE ---- Helen Harding, 84, of Muncie, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at her residence. Born in Clinton County, she was the daughter of Jesse Roy and Ruth (Whiteman) Clark. She graduated from Frankfort High School, and was a member of Cowan Christian Church...
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