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Linton officer takes polygraph training
(Local News ~ 11/24/03)
"There is the misconception that a polygraph is to check if you are lying. Actually it is a way of checking to see if you are telling the truth." That is the observation of Linton Lt. Det. Troy Jerrell who just became certified through the Backster School of Lie Detection...
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Hall displeased with Miners' effort
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/03)
Gene Hall could have blamed the lack of practice time for some of his players or North Posey's performance for Linton's poor showing at Saturday's scrimmage, but he instead pointed to a lack of effort on the Miners' part. "To say we got a wakeup call would be an understatement," Hall said. "If the coaches were disappointed in our effort the boys were even more so. It's just hard to play good basketball without effort...
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Marshall collects 300th against Cards
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/03)
Rick Marshall's 300th career victory as North Knox girls basketball coach was similar to many of the previous 299. The fifth-ranked Lady Warriors invaded Bloomfield's Glover Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon led by a Division I signee, loads of depth and a paralyzing press, all of which spelled a 72-42 victory over the Lady Cardinals...
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Union, Clay City girls post wins
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/03)
Union collected its first victory of the season on Friday in Indianapolis by defeating Indiana Deaf School 55-50. Also on Friday, Clay City went on the road to post a 50-43 triumph over Barr-Reeve. At Indianapolis, Union (1-2) trailed the Deaf Hoosiers 16-12 after one period, but used a 20-point second quarter to move in front at intermission...
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Quartet returns for BHS sectional champs
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/03)
By Mark Downey, Sports Editor Bloomfield has advanced to the Elite Eight three times in the past six years, including last season, and twice the Cards have gone a step or two farther. The Cards were in the regional final last year, tied with Southwestern (Shelby) and the final seconds of regulation ticking down when Corey Sparks headed to the basket...
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Boys basketball season tips off Tuesday
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/03)
Hoosier Hysteria, SWIAC style, begins this week for area boys' teams. The first games will tip-off on Tuesday when Eastern travels to Owen Valley and North Daviess plays at Wood Memorial. Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve, was traditionally the night Bloomfield, Linton and Union traveled to White River Valley for the annual Thanksgiving Classic, but that long-standing doubleheader was disbanded last year, as was the Christmas Classic...
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Bloomfield Police Department kept busy over weekend
(Local News ~ 11/24/03)
A 20-year-old Bloomfield man was cited Friday on preliminary charges of auto theft and driving while suspended with a prior conviction. Arrested was Jeremy C. Hall, Route 2, Bloomfield. Hall is alleged to have been pounding on the door of a Sand Road residence when deputy marshal Tom Colvin arrived on the scene. Colvin ran a computer check on Hall's driver's license and discovered his driving privileges were revoked, and Buick LeSabre, was stolen, according to a report released Monday...
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GCSWMD gets money for education
(Local News ~ 11/24/03)
The Greene County Solid Waste Management District will soon be receiving educational funding support from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). Greene County SWMD is earmarked to receive a Public Education and Program grant totaling $9,162 to pay for materials and promotional activities emphasizing source reduction, reuse, recycling, buy recycled, composting, and household hazardous waste activities...
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Area businesses recognized
(Local News ~ 11/24/03)
CRANE ---- A Crane-based consulting firm has been recognized as one state's top growth companies for 2003. Raydar & Associates, Inc. and Elmer Buchta Trucking Co. LLC. were presented last week with a Growth 100 Awards by the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business...
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Larry Massa writes book
(Local News ~ 11/24/03)
Many people become frustrated when reading the book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Holy Bible. Larry Massa of Linton understands that frustration and has written a book in an effort to explain the final book of the Bible. The book, "Armageddon Now," is an easily understood interpretation of Revelation as if the author, the Apostle John, were alive today...
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WRV overcomes cold shooting with defense
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/03)
SWITZ CITY-Shakamak got out to early leads and controlled the game against WRV until late in the third quarter, when the Lady Wolverines turned up the defensive pressure and hit some key shots on their way to a 40-32 victory in SWIAC action Saturday night...
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