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Purdue economist gives farmers update
(Local News ~ 09/24/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- A Purdue University agriculture economist sent a mixed message of good and bad news, but overall has some encouraging words Tuesday morning for Greene County farmers regarding financial forecasts for 2003-04 following a very difficult year in the fields and on the feed lots...
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WRV tennis team wins
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/03)
White River Valley finished with more points than Linton in the SWIAC tennis tournament, but the Wolverines posted their first true victory of the season on Tuesday when they beat North Central 3-2. WRV (2-12) got wins from Mike Powell and Ryan Karr at two and three singles and won the match when the number two doubles team of Jacob Hollen and Zach Sykes won 7-4 in a third set tiebreaker...
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Vincennes Lincoln beats WRV
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/03)
White River Valley battled hard against a veteran Vincennes Lincoln squad on Tuesday, but the Lady Alices came away with a 22-20, 21-14, 22-20 victory over the Lady Wolverines. "They've almost all seniors and they're good," WRV coach Becky Borter said. "I was impresed with the way my girls played tonight."...
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Rivet puts a racket on Cardinals
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/03)
Bloomfield's only victory against Vincennes Rivet on Tuesday came from the top doubles team of Corey Sparks and Dustin Headley. While the Cards dropped their third straight match to fall to 9-7, Sparks and Headley clobbered Jimmy Mayes and Nathan Rupprecht to improve their record to 14-2...
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Hold your breath Cubs fans
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/03)
An open letter to all Chicago Cubs fans: This time there was no June swoon. Maybe a stagger or two along the way, but here it is September 24 and the Chicago Cubs are in first place. As I write this column there are only five games remaining in the regular season and the Cubs hold a one-game lead over the Houston Astros after gaining two-and-a-half games the past three days...
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Cards struggle past determined T-Birds
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/03)
Bloomfield entered Tuesday's volleyball match at Glover Gymnasium trying to go 6-0 in the SWIAC. Eastern entered the match with a six-match losing streak. Throw out the records when rivals meet. The Lady T-Birds had the Lady Cards on the ropes after winning the first game 21-18 and leading 21-20 in the second game...
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Miners finally top North Knox in volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/03)
Linton-Stockton has gradually been moving up the volleyball ladder of respect, winning 23 of 26 matches and advancing to the finals of the Class 2A sectional a year ago. But one thing that was missing on the Lady Miners ever-impressive resume was a win over North Knox. The Lady Warriors were one of just three teams that beat Linton in the Lady Miners' most successful season in school history in 2002, ending a 12-0 start...
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Kathleen (Kitty) Wilson
(Obituary ~ 09/24/03)
EASTPOINTE, Mich. ---- Kathleen (Kitty) Wilson, 49, of Eastpointe, Mich., passed away Friday, Sept. 12, 2003, at William Beaumont Hospital at Royal Oak, Mich. Born Nov. 22, 1953, in Detroit, Mich., she was the daughter of John and Shirley (Stremming) McSweeney...
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Scotts give of themselves as missionaries
(Local News ~ 09/24/03)
By Beth Clark, staff writer Bethany and Nathan Scott could have careers with big offices, large salaries and lots of perks. But instead they are in Thailand working as missionaries through YWAM (Youth With A Mission). Bethany Scott is a graduate of Bloomfield High School and is the daughter of Greene Superior Court Judge David and Phyllis Holt...
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Cinergy warns of possible scam in area
(Local News ~ 09/24/03)
Cinergy, the parent company of PSI Energy Inc., is warning customers to watch out for con artists posing as utility employees. Cinergy/PSI received a report Tuesday about a Terre Haute resident who was approached by a man claiming to work for Cinergy/PSI. The resident said a man approached him saying he needed to upgrade lightning rods in his home and asked for payment...
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Owensburg Founder's Day set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 09/24/03)
OWENSBURG ---- The annual Owensburg Founder's Day Fall Celebration set for Saturday is being held in a new "later in the year" schedule slot to get an advantage over Mother Nature's warm weather. Normally held during the hot and humid first week in August, the celebration organizers, the Owensburg Community Improvement Association, decided to move the event back to the fourth Saturday in September hoping for more moderate fall-like weather conditions, according to spokesperson Kim Waldridge.. ...
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Horse group to take part in Apple Festival
(Local News ~ 09/24/03)
The Greene County Horse Council met Tuesday night to discuss plans and upcoming events, including taking part in the upcoming Bloomfield Apple Festival. Members of the newly formed organization, which will promote horses and horse-related activities in Greene County, plan to pass out free informational literature on horses at the festival, according to Brittainy Helms...
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Shakamak-Jasonville Homecoming this weekend
(Local News ~ 09/24/03)
JASONVILLE ---- The past and the present will meet this weekend to celebrate the annual Jasonville High School and Shakamak High School Homecoming. Alumni from Jasonville High School, which was closed when the Metropolitan School District of Shakamak was formed in the 1960s, will celebrate with alumni from Shakamak...
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Economy not as bad as some claim
(Local News ~ 09/24/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- The U.S. economy, in the view of a Purdue University agriculture economist, is not as bad as portrayed by some national media reports. Chris Hurt told an audience in Switz City on Tuesday morning that he's not in agreement with the doomsday political rhetoric of some broadcast and print sources...
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Former Linton man suspect in bank robberies
(Local News ~ 09/24/03)
A former Linton man suspected of the Aug. 12 robbery of the First Farmers Bank at Sandborn ---- and a bank robbery in Monroe County ---- has been arrested. Bryan M. Stormes, 33, of Bloomington was arrested Friday, and is being held in the Monroe County Jail in Bloomington...
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Area sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/03)
Apple Festival run The Eastern Heights Family YMCA, located in Greene County, will host their first Apple Festival 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Oct. 4. The rolling course will loop through downtown Bloomfield, beginning and ending at the Bloomfield Library...
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