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Pink Ladies offer valuable help at hospital
(Local News ~ 08/20/03)
A smiling face. Information. A comforting hug. A helping hand. A prayer. All are important elements any time anyone enters the doors of Greene County General Hospital. A group of about 40 area women dressed in pink-colored smocks have been graciously providing those services and much more to the patients, visitors and staff at Greene County General Hospital for more than three decades...
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Lady Bulldogs 2-0 in volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
Union (Dugger) played well in one of three games, but it was enough to defeat visiting Clay City 21-12, 21-6, 21-17 in a conference volleyball match at Dugger Tuesday night. It was the second win in as many nights for the Lady Bulldogs, who are now 1-0 in both the Tri-River and South Western Indiana Athletic Conferences...
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Eastern joins Wabash Valley Classic field
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
It may be the first week of competition for fall sports teams, but Gary Fears, chairman of the Wabash Valley Classic, is already thinking about this year's basketball tournament, which will be held December 26-30 at Terre Haute North High School. Fears has announced that two new schools will be joining the 16-team field, including Eastern High School, which will join Bloomfield and Shakamak in becoming the third county school to join what has become a hugely successful tournament...
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Miners fall 3-2
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
Linton-Stockton's boys tennis team opened the season with a 3-2 loss at home to Barr-Reeve Tuesday at Humphreys Park. Junior Drew Dunkerly breezed without losing a game at No. 1 singles while classmate Nick Jones rallied from a set down to beat Josh Wagler, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3...
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Weber takes a look at sectional teams
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
Sectional 40 in Class A has always been one of the most competitive in the state. The survivor has advanced to at least the semistate in each of the past six years, including 1997 and 1998 by Linton-Stockton and the past four years by Perry Central, which also went to the state finals in 1999 and 2001...
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McKinney looking forward to tennis season
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
Linton-Stockton closed the 2002 boys tennis season by winning five of eight matches, finishing with a 5-11 record. Coach Brad McKinney, who is beginning his fifth season in charge of the Miners, hopes his youthful, but experienced squad can continue to made strides...
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Lenore Chaney
(Obituary ~ 08/20/03)
SPRINGVILLE ---- Lenore Chaney, 92, of Springville, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003 at Mitchell Manor. Funeral services are pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Chamber members take tour of hospital
(Local News ~ 08/20/03)
Butterfly McQueen of "Gone With The Wind" fame may not have known anything "about birthin' no babies" but Greene County General Hospital is out to prove they do. The hospital has updated and remodeled its obstetrics department. Administrator Jonas Uland had the opportunity to show off the improvements to members of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday afternoon. The members also toured the hospital's radiology department...
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Dinner to benefit Family Life Center
(Local News ~ 08/20/03)
A Bloomfield-based not-for-profit social service ministry will benefit from a special buffet dinner hosted by the Bloomfield First Methodist Church youth group Sunday evening. The dinner, from 5-8 p.m., will be hosted at Good Times restaurant, located just west of Bloomfield on State Road 54...
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Wild boars killed near Worthington
(Local News ~ 08/20/03)
Two wild boars have been killed in Greene County ---- one last November and one on Aug. 10. Both were killed by local people near Worthington. The big, dark-colored boar killed last November by John Murdock of Worthington weighed 520 pounds. The one killed by Scott Davis of Linton in August was a young one, weighing approximately 100 pounds...
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Officials still waiting on legal answers about courthouse project
(Local News ~ 08/20/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The stalled courthouse renovation/addition project may be restarted soon ---- when and if county officials get their legal questions answered and give approval to go ahead with the project. Problems began soon after dirt was excavated from the south foundation at the beginning of the project last fall. ...
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BHS girls will be led by fabulous freshman
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
There's big excitement coming from a small source in Bloomfield's girls cross country camp. Abbey Gilliland isn't very big in stature, but has been huge for the Lady Cardinals so far in preseason practices. Bloomfield's top finisher in the SWIAC last season finished in 19th place. That will change this season with Gilliland, who won the junior high SWIAC race last season. She also broke Bloomfield's course record last season...
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