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Jones will evaluate before making changes
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
Newly elected mayor Tom Jones, in his first Linton City Council meeting Tuesday night, announced that no changes will be made in the city's department heads ---- at present. Addressing a room full of people at City Hall, Jones said, "Being a former Union representative and a humanitarian, it was not my intention when I ran for mayor to bother anybody's employment. ...
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Briefs
(High School Sports ~ 01/13/04)
Linton teams host basket bingo Linton's baseball and softball teams will be hosting a basket bingo on Monday, February 16 at the Linton Elks Lodge. The doors will open at 5:45pm. and bingo will start at 6:30pm. The cost to play is $10 for 20 games and $5 for the halftime game. There will be a special basket for the halftime game. Concessions will be available. Tickets purchased before February 16 will make participants eligible for the early bird basket give away for a special basket...
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SWIAC is next goal for invitational champs
(High School Sports ~ 01/13/04)
SWITZ CITY-After watching his team win the Greene County Invitational on Saturday, White River Valley coach Sean Vandeventer didn't need much time to begin focusing on the rest of the season, which resumes tonight when the Wolverines will play host to North Knox...
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Harry E. "Jack" Walton
(Obituary ~ 01/13/04)
Harry E. "Jack" Walton, 79, of Linton, died at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at his residence in Linton. Born Jan. 4, 1925, in Linton, he was the son of Harry Earl and Helen (Sargent) Walton. He worked as district sales manager for the Indianapolis Star and News, at NWSC Crane, and at Peabody Coal Company. ...
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Clarence J. "Jack" Shaffer
(Obituary ~ 01/13/04)
Clarence J. "Jack" Shaffer, 70, of Elnora, died at 7:20 a.m. Jan. 11, 2004, in Daviess County Hospital. Born Dec. 31, 1933, in Daviess County, he was the son of Clarence and Esther DeBolt Shaffer. He was a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier for 20 years, retiring in 1989...
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Rita J. "Folsom" Meadows
(Obituary ~ 01/13/04)
Rita J. "Folsom" Meadows, 46, of Oakland City died at 4:42 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004. Born March 28, 1957, in Oakland City, she was the daughter of Charles and Cleda (Richardson) Folsom. She was a member of American Legion Post 256 Auxiliary and the Oakland City Eagles Lodge Auxiliary. She had worked at K-Mart, Jerry's Restaurant and currently at Buehler's Buy Low in Oakland City...
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Edward J. Fox
(Obituary ~ 01/13/04)
Edward J. Fox, 75, of Linton, passed away on Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, at 7:30 p.m. in Greene County General Hospital. Born Aug. 11, 1928, in Cleves, Ohio, he was the son of Edward and Golda Arbogast Fox. He was a truck driver for A&P Food Stores for 40 years and for Kibler Trucking Company until his retirement in 1986. He was a member of the Linton American Legion Post #22 and the Jasonville VFW Post #6225...
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NESC board meets
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
HYMERA ---- The Northeast Sullivan School Corporation voted for its officers to remain the same for 2004. Keith Drake retains the position of board president, Dane Strahle as vice president and Norman Santus as secretary. These members also keep positions as the Board of Finance officers...
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Bloomfield police make meth bust
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
Three men were arrested Monday night in Bloomfield on a variety of drug charges. According to Bloomfield Town Marshal Robert Richardson, around 6:30 p.m. on Monday officers went to the home of Craig Blake with a search warrant. Officers searched the residence at 579 W. Davis St., and after the search the three were arrested on the drug charges...
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Linton police make meth bust
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
A Linton woman remains in the Greene County Jail without bond this morning after being arrested on drug charges Monday evening. Linton Officer Chad Crynes received a tip that there were narcotics at the Michelle Sizemore residence on Old Dump Road in Linton...
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Linton signs lease agreements
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
By Lana Robertson, STAFF WRITER The Linton City Council and newly elected mayor Tom Jones took care of annual lease contracts at its first meeting of 2004 on Tuesday night at City Hall. There weren't any surprises. One-year lease contracts were approved, each on a 4-0 vote, and signed by Jones, council members Tony Richards, Nigel Lehman, Jerry Ellett and the newest member, Kelly Foglesong, and recorded by clerk-treasurer Jack Shelton...
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Jasonville closer to wastewater treatment facility
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
JASONVILLE ---- The city of Jasonville is one step closer to a wastewater treatment project after a public hearing on the $2,754,378 project. Jo Arthur of the Southern Indiana Development Commission and Eric Smith of Hannum, Wagle and Cline Engineering conducted the hearing at the Jasonville City Council meeting Monday evening...
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FRG says thanks to community
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
Members of the Family Readiness Group of 1-152nd Indiana National Guard unit gathered Friday night to say thank you to the many individuals, business and organizations who have helped since the troops were deployed to the Middle East more than a year ago on Jan. 2, 2003...
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Woman, man face fraud charges
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Charges have been filed in Greene Superior Court against a Spencer man and a Coal City woman for fraud on a financial institution and check fraud. Barbara Jean Stantz and Chad E. Allen face two counts each of fraud on a financial institution, a class C felony and two counts each of check fraud, a class C felony...
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Eastern teacher wins award
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
An Eastern Elementary School teacher, who lives near Owensburg, has been selected as the recipient of the first annual Bloomington Area Arts Council's leadership award from Greene County. Charlotte Paul, a talented stained glass artist and designer as well as a 15-year art instructor at the rural Greene County school, will receive her award at a Feb. 11 luncheon at the Indiana University Auditorium...
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Officials still waiting on info about Winalta USA
(Local News ~ 01/13/04)
Several people attended the Linton City Council meeting Tuesday night to find out what the city and new mayor Tom Jones' position is on Winalta USA. Winalta USA, a housing manufacturing plant, closed its doors in December due to financial problems...
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Shakamak tames Lady Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 01/13/04)
Shakamak cooled off a hot North Daviess team on Monday, defeating the Lady Cougars 43-34. North Daviess (5-8) entered the contest with four wins in its last five games, but the Cougars trailed the entire way against the Lady Lakers. "We jumped on them early something like 12-4 and it didn't change much from there," Shakamak coach Jon Miller said. "It was a good win on the road for us."...
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