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Woman wants criminal background checks
(Local News ~ 09/19/03)
Should criminal background checks be done on circus and carnival personnel who come to Greene County? Jasonville resident Lisa Pouliot thinks so, and on Tuesday asked the Greene County Commissioners to consider an ordinance calling for just that. But a spokesperson for one circus that recently performed in Linton says criminal background checks aren't necessary in their case, because they do it themselves...
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Lady Cards 5-0 in SWIAC
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/03)
Bloomfield improved to 5-0 in the SWIAC with a 21-13, 21-15, 21-12 win at Clay City on Thursday. The only teams standing between the Lady Cards and a conference championship are Eastern and Linton, whom the Cards (13-7) will both host. The Cards, just 2-4 at one point this season, have now won 11 of their last 14 matches...
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Miners lose another close one
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/03)
Linton-Stockton had a 2-0 advantage and appeared to be in cruise mode, but host North Daviess rallied for a 3-2 victory in a high school boys tennis match Thursday. Nick Jones, at No. 2 singles, and the No. 2 doubles team of freshmen Caleb Dunkerly and Kyle Herndon both won in straight sets, giving Linton an early lead...
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Perry Central coach can relate to Eastern's plight
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/03)
Counting the opening game of the sectional in five weeks, Eastern's football team is halfway through the program's first varsity season. There haven't been any real surprises. The T-Birds have faced a challenging schedule and they've found out how talented most of the teams are...
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Lady Miners 4-0
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/03)
Linton-Stockton remained perfect after a 21-12, 21-14 victory over visiting North Daviess in an eighth grade volleyball match Thursday. Eleven different players scored off of serve for the Lady Miners (4-0), led by Sam Hubbell, who had nine points and five aces...
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Tosti's football career on hold
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/03)
Jerrad Tosti only knows one way to play football, all out all the time. It's the only way the lineman/fullback has played since the fifth grade with the start of Eastern's Community League, and the style he's carried with him in the three years of high school football at Eastern...
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Linton's volleyball team tops Eastern
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/03)
Other than 11 hitting miscues in game two, Linton-Stockton's volleyball team, ranked No. 10 in Class 2A, was in control, defeating host Eastern 21-10, 21-19, 21-14 to remain undefeated in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference. It was the ninth victory in 10 matches for the Lady Miners, who stayed a top the conference standings with a 3-0 mark...
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Greene County Open this weekend
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/03)
Bigger and better might best describe the 2003 Greene County Open, which will be played on Saturday and Sunday at Linton's Phil Harris Course. According to Bart Beard, the golf pro at Phil Harris, the biggest turnout in several years will descend on the course this weekend...
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Robert W. Lucas
(Obituary ~ 09/19/03)
Robert W. Lucas, 72, of Linton, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003 at University Community Hospital in Tampa, Fla. Born June 18, 1931 in Elliston, he was the son of Clarence "Dink" and Lena (Tanner) Lucas. He was a coal miner and had worked in construction. He was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church; American Legion Post 22; Masonic Lodge 560 all of Linton; the United Mine Workers of America and Scottish Rite of Terre Haute. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War...
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Larry Hugh Baker
(Obituary ~ 09/19/03)
JASONVILLE ---- Larry Hugh Baker, 57, of Jasonville, passed away at 6:45 a.m., Thursday Sept. 18, 2003 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Center in Jasonville. Born June 25, 1946 in Linton, he was the son of Hugh Ralph and Thelma G. (Bridges) Baker. He was self-employed as a general contractor for over 30 years. ...
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WRV board members honored
(Local News ~ 09/19/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- Two members of the White River Valley Board of School Trustees were recognized Thursday night for their hard work. Board President Glen Cundiff and Gerald Murdock were awarded masters status from the Indiana School Board certification awards program...
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West Nile Virus reported in Clay County
(Local News ~ 09/19/03)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- State health officials Thursday afternoon reported two probable human cases of West Nile virus in Clay and Grant counties, bringing to 10 the total number of probable human cases in Indiana. The ages of the 10 probable human cases in the state range from less than one year to 79 years of age. So far this year, 42 Indiana counties have shown evidence of West Nile virus activity...
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Shakamak School Board approves budget
(Local News ~ 09/19/03)
JASONVILLE ---- The Shakamak School Board adopted the 2004 school budget at Thursday night's Board of School Trustees meeting. The total for the budget is $7,609,775. Of that amount, $6,035,744 is the General Fund; Debt is $468,508; Capital Projects Fund of $463,707; Transportation is $280,066; Bus Replacement Fund of $56,000 and Special Education is $35,750...
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Bloomfield board adopts budget
(Local News ~ 09/19/03)
The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees wasted little time Thursday night in putting a unanimous vote of approval on the 2004 budgets. The combined school budgets total $8,842,798 ---- including the General Fund ($6,364,217), Debt Service Fund ($981,677) Capital Projects Fund ($909,677), Transportation Operating Fund ($531,015), School Bus Replacement Fund ($40,000) and Special...
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Bloomfield NJROTC going to Florida
(Local News ~ 09/19/03)
Members of the Bloomfield High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps will be heading to sunny Florida in November for a unique hands-on educational field trip. The trip to Key West, Fla., was approved Thursday night by the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees for about 20 NJROTC students. The students will visit the Key West Naval Air Station from Nov. 18-25...
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Program to help residents get rid of meds
(Local News ~ 09/19/03)
Got meds? Old ones, in your medicine cabinet, that have been there for years? The Greene County Solid Waste Management District and Recycling Center will help by disposing of them properly for Greene County residents, free of charge. "A new program will start Monday, in cooperation with other solid waste management districts, to get rid of old medicines," explained GCSWMD director Jeff Myers...
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Historic anchor found near old canal
(Local News ~ 09/19/03)
Two Greene County Highway Department workers are credited with unearthing a historic relic of the local Wabash and Erie Canal era that is believed to be at least 140 years old. A large iron forced boat anchor was uncovered Tuesday near the site of the old canal, just off County Road 150W ---- north of the Veteran's Memorial Bridge ----- by workers Donnie Albright of Linton and Marlin Hastings of rural Bloomfield...
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Boys, Girls Club to offer new programs
(Local News ~ 09/19/03)
The Boys and Girls Club of Greene County has some new personnel and will begin two new programs for teens and younger children ---- including one in Jasonville. Program coordinator Rob Grunden and program aide Larry Brown will begin teen nights and after-school programming in Linton and Jasonville. A Teen Night will also be conducted in Worthington tonight...
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Union defeates WRV in volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/03)
Union (Dugger) remained near the leaders in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball standings after a 21-14, 17-21, 21-14, 21-7 victory at home over White River Valley (6-8) Thursday night. UHS coach Tammy Meurer will take the victory, their 12th against six losses and third in four SWIAC matches, but knows they can play better...
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