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Lyons woman dies in wreck Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Police are not sure what caused a one-vehicle wreck early Saturday morning that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Lyons woman. However, police believe speed might have been a contributing factor. Heather D. Fritz, 160 West Franklin Street, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 4:30 a.m. wreck on County Road 200 South (Old Lyons Road), just west of Lyons...
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JH SWIAC volleyball results
(High School Sports ~ 10/20/03)
White River Valley finished the season 8-7 after losing 15-21, 18-21 to eventual champion Clay City on Saturday at the Junior High Volleyball SWIAC at Shakamak. The Lady Wolverines reached the second round with a 21-15, 22-20 triumph over North Daviess...
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Eastern falls to Mitchell despite good effort
(High School Sports ~ 10/20/03)
Mitchell rang up 405 totals yards to just 106 for the T-Birds and only managed 13 yards on the ground on 18 carries, yet they only trailed 21-14 entering the fourth quarter. Mitchell (3-6) went on to post a 35-14 victory over the 0-9 T-Birds, but it wasn't easy...
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Gilliland advances to semistate
(High School Sports ~ 10/20/03)
Abbey Gilliland met her goal of running in the cross country semistate with a 10th place showing on Saturday at the Brown County Regional. Eastern's boys didn't, finishing 8th at the Bedford North-Lawrence Regional. Gilliland, a Bloomfield freshman who ran fourth last Tuesday on the same Brown County course, albeit in much worse shape after much rain, was eight seconds faster on Saturday with a time of 16:17.45...
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Miners finish season with 22-2 record
(High School Sports ~ 10/20/03)
Ninth-ranked Linton used the South Vermillion Invitational try some new things an get playing time for a dozen players as the Lady Miners closed out the regular season on Saturday. The Miners finished with the season 22-2 with wins over South Vermillion 21-9, 21-13, 21-19 and Clay City 21-13, 21-9, 20-22, 21-12...
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2003 Miners big part of program's history
(High School Sports ~ 10/20/03)
MONROVIA-To paraphrase Linton assistant football coach Brian Oliver following Friday's 24-10 victory over Monrovia, "when people talk about the great Linton teams they'll now be talking about you guys." Oliver made that assessment in the center of Monrovia's field after the third-ranked miners had completed an unbeaten regular season. Each of Linton's coaches, from head coach Steve Weber to the volunteers, took his turn to compliment the Miners...
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Dorothy M. Shields
(Obituary ~ 10/20/03)
LAFONTAINE ---- Dorothy M. Shields, 75, of LaFontaine and formerly of Linton, passed away at 12:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, 2003 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hospital in Carmel. Born Sept. 10, 1928 in Linton, she was the daughter of John and Eliza (Cox) Stanton...
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Mary Elsie (Taylor) Gastineau-Luxton
(Obituary ~ 10/20/03)
LYONS ---- Mary Elsie (Taylor) Gastineau-Luxton, 89, of Lyons, passed away at 10:02 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, 2003 at the Lyons Health & Living Center in Lyons. Born Feb. 17, 1914 in Bloomfield, she was the daughter of Luther H. and Elizabeth (Turpin) Taylor. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Linton and the Order of the Eastern Star of Lyons...
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Pearl Hasler
(Obituary ~ 10/20/03)
ODON ---- Pearl Hasler 86, of Odon, passed away at 3 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003 at Daviess County Hospital in Washington. Born Oct. 20, 1916 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Charles and Eva (Keene) Campbell. She was a homemaker, and a member of Hope Wesleyan Church...
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Emma Kathryn "Kay" Miller Hall
(Obituary ~ 10/20/03)
PLAINFIELD ---- Emma Kathryn "Kay" Miller Hall, 66, of Plainfield and formerly of Mooresville, passed away Friday, Oct. 17, 2003 in St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis. Born July 12, 1937 in Worthington, she was the daughter of Ray and Mabel O. Wells Miller...
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Heather Dawn Fritz
(Obituary ~ 10/20/03)
LYONS ---- Heather Dawn Fritz, 21, of Lyons, passed away at 5:55 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003. Born Aug. 2, 1982 in Linton, she was the daughter of Christopher M. and Brenda K. (Anderson) Fritz. She was a certified nurses aid. Survivors include, her mother, Brenda K. ...
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Drug Free In Greene promotes education
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- Organizers hope that Friday night's Drug Free In Greene, a drug awareness program that drew about 150 including those taking part in the event, got the message across: Using drugs ruins lives, and don't start. The evening, sponsored by the Greene County Local Coordinating Council in cooperation with the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute and the Governor's Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana, was both educational and, hopefully, preventative...
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That first 'car' was something special
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
I can remember when I was a teenager and wanting my first car. I always looked at Mustangs and the Trans Ams. The Trans Am was my first love. I knew I probably would never have one when I got my driver's license, but it didn't hurt to want. I can remember asking my dad to look for used ones while he was out on his job. Little did I know that one Christmas, just before I turned 16, I would have part of one under my Christmas tree...
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Two juveniles charged with auto theft
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Two female juveniles have been charged with the theft of two vehicles on Wednesday afternoon in the Linton area. According to Indiana State Trooper Harry ' the two juveniles were charged Friday in Greene Circuit Court. Both girls have been charged with two counts of auto theft, which is a felony...
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Clark faces Fiscus in Jasonville mayor's race
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
The dates may have changed, but the candidates have not in the Jasonville mayor's race. Four years ago incumbent Dorman Clark, a Republican, faced Democrat Bill Fiscus. Once again the two will face each other on Nov. 4. Clark ran unopposed in the primary, and Fiscus defeated David Keller for the Democrat nomination...
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May, Soncrant square off in Ward I
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
There are two contested races for the Jasonville City Council. The candidates for Jasonville Ward I are featured today and the candidates for at-large will be highlighted Tuesday. The candidates were given the same written questions for the interviews...
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Bicyclists make their way through eastern Greene County
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
SOLSBERRY ---- Business was booming at Yoho's General Store in Solsberry on Sunday. There were plenty of requests for bottle water, soda and Gatorade from many of the bicycle riders in the Hilly Hundred event, which made a pass through eastern Greene County on picture-perfect autumn day...
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Oakland City tops Union
(High School Sports ~ 10/20/03)
Corey Camden returned a kickoff 99 yards for a score early in the first half, but that was about the only highlight Union's football team had in the first half at home on Friday against Wood Memorial. The Trojans, who have won three of their last four games to finish the regular season 5-4, led the Bulldogs 49-6 at halftime on their way to a 56-20 victory. The loss dropped Union to 2-6...
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Dagley faces child porn charges
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Shawn Dagley was at the Greene County Courthouse on Friday afternoon for divorce proceedings when he was arrested on 15 counts of possession of child pornography. Dagley, formerly of Bloomfield but now living in Chandler, Ariz., was arrested by Major Terry Pierce of the Greene County Sheriff's Department on an arrest warrant...
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