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Students look for ways to help community
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- Students from all six elementary schools in Greene County met Thursday in a forum to brainstorm about what schools can do for their community. They came up with some good ideas. Called the Greene County Student Council Forum, it was the first-ever such meeting, noted Harry Huber, the county's Community Alliance to Promote Education (CAPE) director. ...
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Lady Cougars expecting big turnaround
(High School Sports ~ 11/07/03)
Beth Smith is looking for a continuation of the volleyball season. The North Daviess girls basketball coach also coaches the Lady Cougars' basketball team and has many of the same players who were able to turn their volleyball season around and finished well...
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Cards expect to bloom with Rose as coach
(High School Sports ~ 11/07/03)
The combination of three consecutive losing seasons and having just one senior on this year's roster does not sound like a winning recipe for success for Bloomfield's girls basketball team, but the situation needs to be reviewed further. The Lady Cards graduated their starting backcourt, but return three starters and 32 points per game from last season...
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Riggleman pleased with Lady Miners' play
(High School Sports ~ 11/07/03)
by Mike Riggleman, Sports Editor Imagine Mike Riggleman's excitement last night when Linton's girls basketball team rang up 52 points against North Daviess in three quarters of a scrimmage game. The points were scored in three 15-minute running quarters and the Miners started off strong, scoring 21 points in the opening stanza...
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Maude Storms
(Obituary ~ 11/07/03)
SULLIVAN ---- Maude Storms, 93, of Sullivan and formerly of Carlisle, passed away at 7:50 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born Aug. 30, 1910 in Worthington, she was the daughter of Joseph and Lilly (Klass) Haldeman...
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Cletus Joseph Matthews
(Obituary ~ 11/07/03)
BROOKVILLE, Fla. ---- Cletus Joseph Matthews, 57, of Brookville, Fla., and formerly of Washington, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003 at Port Richey, Fla. Born Oct. 19, 1946 in Washington, he was the son of Cletus Joseph and Retha E. (Bedwell) Matthews Sr...
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Joseph A. Baird
(Obituary ~ 11/07/03)
PITTSBORO, N.C. ---- Joseph A. Baird, 57, of Pittsboro, N.C., passed away at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003 at Central Carolina Hospital. Born Dec. 28, 1945 in Chicago, ILL, he was the son of Paul Edgar and Doris Jane (Baird) Mills. He was a plumber...
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Crane receives good news
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
WASHINGTON D.C. ---- More federal construction dollars are coming to the joint Navy and Army operations at nearby Crane. The U.S. House of Representatives approved $11.4 million in federal funding for a military construction project at Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center on Thursday...
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Pleasantville church to host dinner
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
PLEASANTVILLE ---- The women of the Pleasantville United Methodist Church have been making noodles and other culinary delights ---- from scratch ---- for a quarter of a century, and it's become a tradition. The noodles, along with turkey and all the trimmings, are all part of a delicious dinner they'll be serving this Saturday evening. There will also be a small bazaar with decorative bittersweet, homemade chow-chow, kettle corn and other items for sale...
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Wrecks reported in eastern part of county
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
Indiana State Police investigated a pair of traffic accidents Wednesday morning in the Solsberry area that resulted in minor injuries to several individuals, including three Eastern High School students. The first wreck about 7:50 a.m. occurred on County Road 560N, northeast of Solsberry...
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Father, son help build church in Czech Republic
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
David Hoskins pastor of Lebanon Baptist Church and his son Zechariah say their missionary trip last summer to the Czech Republic (CR) changed their lives forever. "We went there to serve," said David, "but found we were being served."...
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Sandborn Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
SANDBORN ---- Although an explosion and fire in a garage on Antney St. interrupted the meeting, the Sandborn Town Council completed its business Thursday evening. Jacqui Bauer director of the Indiana Rural Community Assistance Program advised the board to make arrangements to interview grant administrators for the projected sewage project...
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Rural Lyons home saved this morning
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
The Lyons Volunteer Fire Department was called to the home of Ted and Linda Ray on County Road 500S, east of State Road 57 near Lyons at about 5:40 a.m. today. They found no flames, only smoke. Lyons fire chief Larry Russell said the Rays, who were in the basement of the home, had called the fire department after seeing smoke inside their home...
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Meth lab discovered in Sandborn
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
Knox County officials are investigating a possible meth lab in Sandborn. The lab was discovered Thursday night when firefighters from the Sandborn Volunteer Fire Department were called to a garage fire. "It was vacant," explained fire chief Kevin Etmeier...
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Area schools to honor veterans
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
The name of a Linton sailor, who perished in World War II more than 58 years ago, is now etched in the Greene County Veteran's Monument on the northwest side of the courthouse lawn in Bloomfield. The name of Eugene Keith Poole, a U.S. Navy aviation radioman, reported missing June 7 and later declared dead, had been omitted when the monument was first erected in 1989, according to Greene County Veteran's Service Officer Norman Sullivan...
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Man says he was 'done wrong' by store
(Local News ~ 11/07/03)
A patron who likes to sit, drink coffee and smoke cigarettes for hours at a Bloomfield convenience store claims he was "done wrong" when the manager asked him to leave the business Wednesday night. Linton resident Bob Wiggins said he really enjoys going to the Picnic Basket on South Washington Street (U.S. 231) in Bloomfield...
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Eastern honors fall athletes
(High School Sports ~ 11/07/03)
Eastern held its fall sports awards banquet on Thursday to honor athletes involved in volleyball, cross country and football. Hannah Cobine picked up three awards for the varsity volleyball team, which compiled a 9-20 record. Cobine led the team in kills, was named to the All-SWIAC Team and received a Senior Academic Award...
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