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Student gets chance to travel Europe
(Local News ~ 11/21/03)
A Linton-Stockton Junior High student has a chance to travel and study in Europe in 2004 ---- if he can raise the funds to go ---- with a program called People To People. Eric Anderson received a letter in early October from the People To People Student Ambassador Program. Anderson said 29 other students and three adults will take the three-week trip that includes France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy...
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WRV and Shakamak play scrimmages
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/03)
For what it's worth, White River Valley defeated Barr-Reeve by three points and Shakamak downed Brown County by 12 in scrimmage games on Thursday. "I don't put a whole lot of stock in them," WRV coach Sean Vandeventer said. "We did alright, I guess...
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Maesch learning his way
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/03)
Ernie Maesch is the only new boys basketball coach in the SWIAC this season. He is also the third coach at Shakamak in three years, replacing Josh Johnson, who took the head coaching job at Franklin County. Maesch, who coached the Lakers in a scrimmage last night, wasn't hired until late, just like when Johnson was hired to replace Joey Hart...
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Batchelor takes pair from Bloomfield JH
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/03)
Batchelor nipped Bloomfield's eighth grade boys 34-32 on Thursday to hand the Cards (2-1) their first loss. Batchelor defeated Bloomfield's seventh grade (1-2) 61-29. "We got off to a bad start," Bloomfield coach Scott Yoho said of the eighth grade. "We missed too many layups and free throws, but the boys didn't give up...
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Lady Miners tame Cougars for first victory
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/03)
The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners clenched their first win of the season with a 55-40 win over the North Daviess Lady Cougars. "We needed a win so bad for emotional reasons," Linton head coach Mike Riggleman said. Linton was led by senior Katelin Tharp with 15 points...
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Volunteers help Alzheimer's Association
(Local News ~ 11/21/03)
A team of volunteers from the Bloomfield State Bank's Bloomington office not only took part in this year's Memory Walk to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association, they earned second place overall. This year's walk was Oct. 19 in Bloomington and raised approximately $25,000 for local programs and services offered to caregivers and individuals with Alzheimer's disease. The BSB team raised approximately $2,200 of that amount...
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Worthington Tri Kappa fair Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/21/03)
So you didn't make it to the Covered Bridge Festival this year and you are needing holiday items. Well, buck up the Worthington Tri Kappa has a solution for you. On Saturday at the Worthington gym will be the Worthington Tri Kappa Holiday Craft Fair from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m...
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Christmas in the Village scheduled for Scotland
(Local News ~ 11/21/03)
The Greene County community of Scotland will once again be the scene of "Christmas in the Village" on Dec. 6. A full day of holiday activities, hosted by the Scotland Historical Society, is planned from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. The old Hotel will feature not-for-profit organizations selling products, as well as items from the Scotland Festival Committee and the Historical Society. Light refreshments of cookies and cider will be served...
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Bloomfield School Board meets
(Local News ~ 11/21/03)
An administrator in the Bloomfield School District will soon receive a written preliminary notice of non-renewal of contract, following action Thursday night by the school board. The employee was not named by the board, but superintendent Ron Hasler said the person is a current staff administrator ---- which includes junior-senior high school principal Jerry Snapp, elementary principal Mary Jane Vandeventer, assistant junior-senior high principal Stella Royal or athletic director Jason Skomp...
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Cox to be remembered Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/21/03)
The only known soldier from the small northeastern Greene County community of Newark to die in military action will be honored Saturday during a special memorial service at the Newark General Baptist Church. The late Pfc. Kenneth Raymond Cox will be remembered by his friends, family and fellow community members in a 2 p.m. service that will be highlighted by the unveiling of a monument in his honor...
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Carter prepared to fight for definition of marriage
(Local News ~ 11/21/03)
After hearing a Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling that a ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter is prepared to defend Indiana's statute defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The Indiana statute was put into place a few years after proponents of same-sex marriage had wanted the definition of marriage changed...
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Serino's sentence cut to 90 years
(Local News ~ 11/21/03)
The Indiana Supreme Court has cut 295 years off the sentence of a former Greene-Sullivan Special Education Cooperative school psychologist convicted in two different counties on multiple child molesting charges. However, Stephen T. Serino, 39, of Avon and formerly of Spencer, will remain in jail for a long time...
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Zion's Hill opens play tonight
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/03)
Zion's Hill Baptist School of Linton begins play tonight at the Linton Armory when they host the Montgomery Wildcats at 6:45pm. The squad, which is coached by Mike Voigtschild, finished 19-11 last season and plays in the Western Indiana Christian Conference. Zion's Hill was second in the conference last season and second in the conference tournament. They were the Heritage Christian Academy Invitational champions...
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