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WRV graduate proud to serve his country
(Local News ~ 08/26/03)
"As I was sitting in the gun pit one night, I told my buddy I could think of a 1,000 reasons to be home but I could think of a million to be there." "There" was Iraq and "home" is Newberry for Joe Henry, who has been overseas since January with the Third Platoon Alpha Company 1-152 Infantry Division...
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Lakers win No. 1
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/03)
Shakamak disposed of visiting Riverton Parke 21-17, 21-13, 21-19 Monday night. "I'm very proud of the way the girls played," said Shakamak volleyball coach Jeri Morin. "Our passing was 10 times better than it has been. "It was nice to win our first home match of the year."...
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Shakamak cross country preview
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/03)
JASONVILLE - Husband and wife team of Jon Miller and Kelley Miller will again be coaching the Shakamak boys (Jon) and Shakamak girls (Kelley) cross country teams. Both Millers not only have several returning runners, but have kids that really don't want to run, which requires a lot of self discipline....
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Linton's JV football team tops Sullivan
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/03)
Linton's junior varsity football team defeated Sullivan 36-28 on Monday. "The offense did great tonight, they put together some great drives and made the big plays when we needed them," Linton coach Brian Oliver said. "(Daniel) Sears made two big fumble recoveries that stopped Sullivan's drives," assistant coach Mark Gennicks added...
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Eastern drops its JV football schedule
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/03)
EASTERN HEIGHTS-With only 26 players in the football program at the present time Eastern did the only thing they could do, wipe out the junior varsity season, which they did on Monday. The T-Birds were supposed to open the season at home last night against Mitchell, but not only canceled the game, but the season...
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Cards scare Arties
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/03)
Bloomfield's volleyball team got Martinsville's attention early in Monday's match by winning the first game from the Lady Artesians 23-21. Martinsville did bounce back to win the next three games 21-18, 21-17, 21-10, but the Cards showed they could play with some of the state's big girls...
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Brewer learning the ropes at quarterback
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/03)
Adam Brewer looks the part, then again he doesn't. The part being starting quarterback on the Linton-Stockton Miner football team. During a 61-13 thrashing of Eastern, in the Thunderbirds first varsity game, Brewer played just a little more than half of the game ---- I would guess since coach Steve Weber started subbing in the second quarter ---- and he carried the ball nine times on the option for a game-high 152 yards...
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Constance Rushton
(Obituary ~ 08/26/03)
DUGGER ---- Constance Rushton, 68, of Dugger, passed away at 8:53 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Nov. 30, 1934 in Marion County, she was the daughter of Walter Duncan and Frances England. Survivors include her husband, George Rushton Jr., of Dugger; two sons, George Rushton III of Austin, Texas, and William Rushton of Indianapolis; three daughters, Ronda Hochgesang and Nancy Skillman, both of Indianapolis, and Diane Brody of Pendleton; three sisters, Joyce Johnson of Cloverdale, Judy List and Patty Culver of Greenwood; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.. ...
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Janice M. Davis
(Obituary ~ 08/26/03)
ODON ---- Janice M. Davis, 61, of Odon, passed away at 11:02 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at Daviess Community Hospital in Washington. Born Feb. 6, 1942 in San Diego, Calif., she was the daughter of Jayde Williams and Dorothy Brown. She worked as a mental health worker...
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Virginia Mae Crane
(Obituary ~ 08/26/03)
JASONVILLE ---- Virginia Mae Crane, 84, of Jasonville, passed away at 4:06 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Aug. 5, 1919 in Jasonville, she was the daughter of Preston and Neva (Cross) Vickers. She was a homemaker, a member of the Jasonville Assembly of God Church and Jasonville Senior Citizens...
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Argument leads to charges
(Local News ~ 08/26/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- What started out as an argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend has resulted in the arrest of two men on battery charges. Christopher L. Camden, 27 of Shelburn and Matt Camden, 25 of Lyons have been charged in Greene Superior Court with battery resulting in bodily injury...
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IHSAA approves Pearson transfer
(Local News ~ 08/26/03)
The commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association ruled that Eastern Greene High School failed to prove that a rural Springville girl transferred to Bedford North Lawrence High School for athletic reasons. Junior Cassie Pearson competed with the Lady Stars on Monday night in the first cross county meet of the season ---- a five-team event featuring Seymour, Brownstown, Salem, Mitchell and host BNL...
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County Council gives its support to wetlands project
(Local News ~ 08/26/03)
The Greene County Council went on record Monday afternoon supporting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's efforts in developing the Wilder Wetlands Restoration and Conservation project that will return more than 7,000 acres of farm ground in the Goosepond and Beehunter areas into its once-natural state as a wetlands...
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Dove sentenced to 16 years
(Local News ~ 08/26/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Linton man was sentenced to 16 years in prison in Greene Superior Court on Monday. David "Pete" Dove had entered a plea of guilty as part of a negotiated plea agreement in Greene Superior Court in March. Dove, 44, faced five counts of rape and one count of criminal deviate conduct...
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County Council gives Allen OK for his request
(Local News ~ 08/26/03)
An exploding jail population has hit the food budget in a big way and Greene County Sheriff Leon Allen appealed Monday afternoon to the county council for some help. Allen's plea did not fall on deaf ears. The council by a 7-0 vote approved Allen's $12,000 request for an additional appropriation for the jail budget to finish out the year...
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Winalta USA has trouble with its checks
(Local News ~ 08/26/03)
Paychecks written to Winalta USA employees Friday did not clear the bank. Judi VanHorn's husband, Mark is an employee of Winalta USA. She said her husband's payroll and expense checks were issued Friday as usual. "We went to the (Bloomfield State) bank Saturday to cash them, and the bank said they couldn't cash them," said Judi...
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IDEM: Family doing everything it can
(Local News ~ 08/26/03)
An official with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management contends that a Linton family is "doing all in its power" to clean up a closed service station and clear it for possible sale. John Mendel, in charge of IDEM's underground tank division, said Monday that Ronnie Barnes, a co-owner of the Barnes Eastside Marathon property, is working closely with state officials to get the service station site approved for environmental closure...
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Union loses heartbreaker
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/03)
Union (Dugger) volleyball coach Tammy Meurer knew that her 2003 squad would be in for a learning experience, but hoped all of the lessons wouldn't be as painful as a 21-17, 21-23, 21-18, 15-21, 14-16 loss at Owen Valley Monday night. "It was another one of the those matches where we coulda, shoulda and woulda, but didn't," said Meurer. "I really feel like we should have won...
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