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Did you hear about the boa constrictor wrapped around a volcano?
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
There Bradley Cools was, just minding his own business while staying in a hotel when he found a boa constrictor wrapped around a volcano. Bradley Cools stayed back away from the volcano until it exploded and then he got the boa constrictor. As they left they were chased by an alligator. The experiences made great friends out of the two...
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Bloomfield residents facing drug charges
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
Two rural Bloomfield residents were arrested Monday afternoon by officers assigned to a special Indiana State Police Marijuana Eradication unit and the Meth Task Force. Charles Sheffler II, 36, and Suzie Burton, 37, were arrested on a variety of drug charges shortly after 2:30 p.m. at a residence at 147 North Cold Springs Road, north of Bloomfield...
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Residents day brightened by students
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
While many kids were sitting at the side of the pool enjoying summer break, six junior high students were reaching out to an older generation. The residents of the Walnut Creek at Linton nursing facility enjoyed a patriotic presentation which was given by the junior high summer class students and Amy Wadhwan, a teacher at Greene County Youth Alternatives...
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Cara Sparks loves showing her horse
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
For one Greene County teen the love of horses has taken her all the way to a world championship. Last year, she and her horse competed in a world-class horse show in Oklahoma City, Okla., and earned a first-place trophy in the Western Pleasure class. They also got a third place in Western Riding...
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Pafford wins scholarship from Greene County Genealogy Society
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
Hard work and hours of dedication to a non-traditional 4-H project have paid off for a 2003 Linton-Stockton High School graduate. Ashley Pafford, daughter of Tom and Brenda Pafford, of Linton, has dominated the 4-H genealogy projects in recent years ---- winning the grand champion ribbon five of the nine years she has participated in the project...
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Auction was successful for 4-Hers
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
Greene County 4-H Fair livestock exhibitors had a record-breaking payday on Friday night. 4-H members were issued checks totaling $81,345 following the annual livestock auction of 139 animals. The amount was $51,545 over the appraised market value for beef, swine, sheep, poultry and rabbit species that went on the auction block ---- a new record for the local fair...
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Bender wins Lacy scholarship
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
A college scholarship was awarded Friday night memorializing a former Greene County 4-H member who died in a tragic traffic wreck more than three years ago. One of the highlights of the annual livestock auction was the awarding of the Third Annual Jennifer Lacy Memorial Scholarship by the Greene County 4-H Council...
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Greene County will be well represented at Indiana State Fair
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
Eleven Greene County and six Sulllivan County 4-H Horse and Pony members have qualified to compete at the Indiana State Fair later on this summer. In addition, a new indoor riding arena at the Greene County 4-H fairgrounds has already proved its worth...
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Bloomfield man facing drug and neglect charges
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
A 33-year-old rural Bloomfield man faces multiple drug charges and a count of neglecting his three-month-old son following a drug bust Friday morning carried out by the Indiana State Police Meth Task Force. Ronald E. Ketcham, who lives on CR. 175 South, just east of U.S. ...
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'Walk' lands two men in Greene County Jail
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
Two rural Greene County men appeared in court on Monday and were formerly charged with three counts related to the manufacturing of methamphetamine in a mobile drug lab that was discovered last week in a vehicle at Greene-Sullivan State Forest. Paul V. Nichols, 28, and Jason T. Resler, 31, were arrested last Wednesday by Indiana Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Mike Gregg near Clear Lake...
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Sewell expected to plead guilty
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
A Bloomfield man intends to plead guilty next month to felony child exploitation. The jury trial for Merle A. Sewell, 54, who is facing 11 felony child exploitation charges, was canceled one day before the jury was supposed to be seated last Thursday after his defense attorney filed a motion to enter a guilty plea...
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Habitat to honor Frank Miller with project
(Local News ~ 07/22/03)
Greene County is preparing for another venture as Habitat for Humanity begins the Frank Miller Habitat for Humanity Project with a kickoff dinner. The dinner is set for Aug. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Linton-Stockton High School auditeria. Individual tickets are $25, or a corporate table for six is $125...
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