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Courthouse delays costing taxpayers
(Local News ~ 10/16/03)
It's been one year since the $10.5 million courthouse renovation/addition project was started in Bloomfield. Although the project has been stalled since March due to problems caused by a shifting foundation, it's still costing about $15,000 per month...
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Eastern, Union end regular season at home
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/03)
Eastern and Union will both finish the regular season at home with different challenges. The T-Birds will host "Air Mitchell", while the Bulldogs entertain a Wood Memorial team which would have been a far easier opponent during the season's first few weeks than they are now...
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Eastern boys in the running for semistate bid
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/03)
Bill Valentine has coached boys cross country at Eastern for eight years. On Tuesday the T-Birds qualified for the regional for the eighth consecutive year at Bedford North-Lawrence. Valentine wants more out of his squad. Eastern reached the semistate level Valentine's first five years, but have failed in their bid the last two years...
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Tharp, Malone leading Miners
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/03)
Katie Tharp and Molly Malone have excelled in the ABCs of winning volleyball at Linton-Stockton High School. -A is for athletic ability, which they've shown plenty of with Tharp leading the team in kills and Malone the leading passer. -B is for brains, which Tharp displays in her number one class ranking and 4.134 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Malone isn't far behind, rankinng 11th with a 3.578 GPA...
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Miners looking for perfect season
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/03)
While Linton has enjoyed eight unbeaten regular seasons in its history, the last time the Miners won nine games during the regular season was 27 years ago in 1976. Third-ranked Linton will try to match that feat on Friday when they visit Monrovia. Linton had never beaten Monrovia until last season. The Miners ended a string of five straight losses to the Bulldogs until winning 34-0 at Roy Williams Field...
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Albert L. Pierce
(Obituary ~ 10/16/03)
CARMEL ---- Albert L. Pierce, 84, of Carmel passed away Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003. Born Sept. 3, 1919 in Bicknell, he was the son of Gilbert H. and Mabel (Chenault) Pierce. He was employed by Allison General Motors for 43 years as a millwright, before retiring in 1984. He was an U.S. Army veteran of World War II who earned a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Infantry Award. He was a member of the American Legion Post 0155; VFW Post 02999; and Central Christian Church...
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Laura E. (Zeigler) Jett
(Obituary ~ 10/16/03)
BICKNELL ---- Laura E. (Zeigler) Jett, 75, of Odon, passed away at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003 at Bloomington Hospitality House. Born Dec. 2, 1927 in Odon, she was the daughter of Ernest F. and Phoeble J. (Lukens) Zeigler. She was retired from RCA at Bloomington after 35 years. She had served for many years as chaplin for VFW Auxiliary, and was a member of the Ladies of the Moose and Washington Chapter 210 Order of Eastern Star...
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John T. Corum
(Obituary ~ 10/16/03)
HENDERSON, Ky. ---- John T. Corum, 61, of Henderson, Ky., passed away at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003 at Methodist Hospital in Henderson.. He was a Kentucky Colonel, a member of the Corvette Club of America and the Cushman Scooter Club of America...
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Two vehicles stolen
(Local News ~ 10/16/03)
The investigation continues into the theft of two vehicles Wednesday afternoon in the Linton area. Linton Officer Josh Goodman was contacted by the Greene County Sheriff's Department about a stolen van at about the same time a vehicle was stolen from Twin Rivers Vocational Center on NW 5th St...
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Teens to repaint equipment, apologize
(Local News ~ 10/16/03)
LYONS ---- Vandals have been invited to the next public meeting of the Lyons Town Council. Five junior high-age girls, who recently vandalized playground equipment and a utility pole in the Lyons Town Park by painting obscenities on them, will soon have to re-paint the defaced property and also make a public apology for their actions before the town council to avoid criminal prosecution...
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Program to promote reading
(Local News ~ 10/16/03)
The importance of reading can't be stressed enough, and that's why the Greene County Literacy Coalition is planning a special time of celebrity readers. On Saturday, libraries around the county will be participating in the "Put your nose in a book" in an effort to increase children's interest in reading...
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Lyons water rates to increase
(Local News ~ 10/16/03)
LYONS ---- Residents of the town of Lyons will see the water portion of their utility rates jump by about $6 monthly, sometime after Jan. 1, 2004, following action Wednesday night by the town council. The council voted 3-0 to increase the water minimum rate for 3,000 gallons of usage from $6.98 (without tax) to about $13 ---- an estimated $6.02 hike. ...
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Alcoholism nearly destroys family
(Local News ~ 10/16/03)
This is the second in a two-part series, which is a prelude to a free Friday night "Drug Free in Greene" drug/alcohol abuse awareness program. The event will be staged between 5-9 p.m. at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service Office, near Switz City. ...
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County officials concerned about courthouse
(Local News ~ 10/16/03)
Ongoing costs associated with delays on a stalled $10.5 million county courthouse renovation/addition project in Bloomfield are getting varied reactions from county officials. None of them are happy with the turn the project has taken ---- or the resulting standoff that has apparently resulted...
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JH volleyball results
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/03)
Linton's eighth graade volleyball team will take an 11-1 record into tonight's final regular season match at Clay City after defeating Owen Valley 21-9, 21-14 on Wednesday. Owen Valley defeated Linton's seventh grade 21-11, 14-21, 21-9. Lauren Karazsia served eight points and two aces for Linton's eighth grade and Tasha Phelps also had eight points. Ashley Sparks had eight assists and Jessi Bohnert and Ashton Montgomery both had two kills...
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