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Rogers a world champion archer
(Local News ~ 08/28/03)
Justin Rogers is a world champion archer at age 14. Rogers, a freshman at Linton-Stockton High School, holds a world championship in archery. He also holds four state championships, three state records and one Tri-State Championship. He placed sixth once at the national indoor shoot and earned two seventh-place wins at national competition...
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Emery Porter
(Obituary ~ 08/28/03)
SOLSBERRY ---- Emery Porter, 76, of Solsberry, passed away at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 at his residence. Funeral service is pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Paul D. Pruett, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 08/28/03)
JASONVILLE ---- Paul D. Pruett, Sr., 80, of Jasonville, passed away 12:40 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at Sullivan County Community Hospital in Sullivan. Born Nov. 21, 1922 in Worthington, he was the son of William and Thursia (Shepherd) Pruett. He was a construction worker out of the Chicago local...
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Miners expect tough game with Sullivan
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/03)
Linton-Stockton and Sullivan combined for 123 points and over 850 yards of total offense as they destroyed Eastern and North Daviess last week in the season opener for both football teams. Sullivan coach Otto Clements expects both squads to have more of a challenge at 7:30 p.m. Friday night when his Golden Arrows invade Roy Williams Field for the 82nd meeting between the two rivals...
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Miners shoot 197
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/03)
Linton-Stockton shot a season-low 197, which was seven strokes off the pace set by the Bloomington North's junior varsity team (190) in a high school girls golf match at Cascades Wednesday. "The girls were very impressive," said Linton-Stockton coach Aaron Lynn. "We dropped 18 strokes from the 215 we shot last week...
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Linton, Union dealing with early season volleyball losses
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/03)
Linton-Stockton and Union (Dugger) combined to win 57 volleyball matches last year while losing just four times. It would be safe to say that neither is used to suffering defeat very often. But the start of the 2003 season has been a little bit different. With both teams having four starters to replace, Union will take a three-match losing streak and 4-3 record into tonight's match at South Knox...
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Eastern faces No. 1 Ritter
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/03)
Out of the frying pan and into the fire and we're not talking the weather here, but instead Eastern football. The Thunderbirds played their inaugural game last Friday against a very good Linton team, losing 61-13. Up next for Eastern is Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, ranked number one by the coaches and fourth by the Associated Press...
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Miners win first match
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/03)
One victory at singles and a sweep at doubles propelled Linton-Stockton to a 3-2 victory over Owen Valley in a high school boys tennis match at Humphreys Park Wednesday. "We played a lot better than the night before. I was pretty happy overall as we made some progress in the mental aspect today," said L-S coach Brad McKinney, whose Miners improved to 1-2. "We won some tough matches against the defending sectional champion...
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Union looking to get off to a 2-0 start
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/03)
Union (Dugger) and Riverton Parke will both be looking to start the season 2-0 when the two members of Class A Sectional 39 meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday night at Dugger. The Bulldogs are coming off of a 34-14 victory at North Central a week ago while the Panthers, who were 8-3 in 2002 including a 43-12 victory over Union, defeated Attica 25-12 to begin the football season...
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Ira Eugene Lawrence, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/28/03)
BICKNELL ---- Ira Eugene Lawrence, Jr., of Bicknell, passed away at 1:29 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born Aug. 17, 2003 at Sullivan, he was the son of Ira and Lisa A. (Petoskey) Lawrence. Survivors include, one brother, Michael Lawrence; two sisters, Katelynn Lawrence and Chyenne Lawrence all at home; maternal grandparents, Regonal Petoskey and Rebecca Hollifield of Linton; great grandparents, Shirley Hollifield of Sullivan, Minnie Ford of Indianapolis, and Grace Shepherd of Linton; paternal grandparents, Walter and Kathy Lawrence of Linton and Cynthia Kirk and Jeffrey of Bicknell; great grandparents, Macy and Don Woods of Newton, Ill.; great great grandmother, Ruth Barick of Palestine, Ill.. ...
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Charity Lee Ann Keller
(Obituary ~ 08/28/03)
Jasonville ---- Charity Lee Ann Keller, was stillborn at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She is survived by her parents, Randy and Raemonda (Mim) Keller of Jasonville; a sister, Fayth; a brother, Coda Keller, at home; maternal grandparents, Tom and Vickie Alumbaugh of Jasonville; paternal grandparents, Paul and Sharon Keller of Jasonville; paternal great-grandparents, Donald and Juanita Swalls of Jasonville; aunts and uncles, Nate and Susan Rawlings of Sullivan, Stephen and Jamie Butler of Jasonville, and Jason and Carie Steele of Farmersburg; and several cousins.. ...
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Dugger takes care of bats
(Local News ~ 08/28/03)
School usually starts out each fall with a few problems, but this week Dugger Elementary had some problems it didn't really want ---- with pointy ears. Bats. "They came out of the new gym," explained Elementary School principal Jack Greenwood...
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Eastern school awards bid for project
(Local News ~ 08/28/03)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Eastern school officials awarded bids Wednesday night for a construction project that will expand the size of the current high school cafeteria and change the front appearance of the high school building. Neidigh Construction Corporation of Bloomington was awarded the base bid and contracts for three alternates totaling $677,200. The low base bid totaled $587,7000...
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Gregg appointed to Indiana Economic Development Corporation
(Local News ~ 08/28/03)
VINCENNES ---- John R. Gregg, interim president of Vincennes University, was appointed by the VU Board of Trustees on Wednesday to serve as a member of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. Gregg will be one of the 23 members of the governing board of the Corporation...
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Woman seeking help
(Local News ~ 08/28/03)
A Bloomfield woman wants to mount a letter-writing campaign to area lawmakers in hopes of amending a state child support regulation that she says is short-changing the youngsters it is intended to help. Deborah Hollan, who lives at 404 S. Franklin Street, has court-ordered custody of her 10 1/2-year-old grandson. The boy has lived with her for the last three years...
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Crane homecoming set for Oct. 7
(Local News ~ 08/28/03)
CRANE ---- Retirees of Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane are invited to the 38th annual Homecoming Day set for Oct. 7. A breakfast buffet will be available at the Crane Cafeteria from 8-9 a.m. Retirees will receive a brief "status report" on Crane technologies. After breakfast, retirees are invited to visit former work areas...
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Linton police to get a Polygraph
(Local News ~ 08/28/03)
The Linton Police Department will soon have another tool to help in investigations. The department is purchasing a Polygraph machine and sending an officer to two months of training to learn how to operate the machine. "We are doing our own investigations now. We have the crime scene investigator, but we needed a Polygraph," said Linton Police Chief Keith McDonald...
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WRV leads the way with SAT scores
(Local News ~ 08/28/03)
Greene County students in the class of 2003 as a group did not follow the state's steady improvement in SAT results, with most of last year's local test-takers failing to meet state and national average scores. However, White River Valley High School didn't follow that trend...
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Church offers outing for students
(Local News ~ 08/28/03)
The church lot was filled with children playing games, others were eating pizza and some were listening to music on Friday night at the Back to School Hawaiian Luau sponsored by the Assembly of God Church in Worthington. The young children's favorite was the dunking booth, and the teenagers enjoyed listening to the Road to Damascus Band from Terre Haute...
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North Daviess tops WRV
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/03)
North Daviess blanked White River Valley's tennis team 5-0 on Wednesday, the third time the Wolverines have been shut out this season, but the Wolverines did win three sets. WRV's Ryan Karr played three sets at two singles as did both doubles teams, the top team of Wyatt Huffine and Jacob Hollen and the second team of Cody Dyer and Nick Hamlin...
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