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Jimmie K. Wright receives Sagamore, Top Citizen award
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
Former Linton mayor Jimmie K. Wright was surprised ---- and honored ---- by being named Citizen of the Year at Thursday night's annual Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet. But the bigger surprise came a few moments later, when John Gregg, president of Vincennes University and former Speaker of the House, presented Wright with a Sagamore of the Wabash award...
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Shane Evans named new Bloomfield baseball coach
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/04)
Bloomfield's new baseball coach is no stranger to the program. Shane Evans was named head coach during Thursday's school board meeting. Evans replaces David Dean, who resigned last fall after four seasons on the job. Evans has been involved in baseball in some capacity since moving to Bloomfield in 1995. ...
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Eastern girls clinch tie for fourth straight title
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/04)
JASONVILLE----In a tough SWIAC meeting between the Shakamak Lady Lakers and the Eastern Lady Thunderbirds, Eastern proved to be a little tougher in a 41-39 victory Thursday night. Eastern coach J. B. Neill said that going into the game, he knew it wouldn't be an easy win...
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Lady Miners sink Vikings 40-34
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/04)
Linton ended a two-game slide by earning a 40-34 non-conference victory at Barr-Reeve on Thursday. "We started off a little slow and missed some shots, but played better than we did on Monday," Linton coach Mike Riggleman said. "As the game went on we got more comfortable and slowed things down."...
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Rains has flooded opponents with three-pointers
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/04)
EASTERN HEIGHTS-Danielle Rains is Eastern's all-time leading three-point shooter, yet the senior forward entered her junior season without a single trey, hardly ever attempted one in fact. Rains scored 14 points at Shakamak on Thursday, bringing her career total to 994 and helping the Lady T-Birds clinch no worse than a tie for their fourth consecutive SWIAC title, quite a feat for Rains and her classmates. Of Rains' 994 points, 393 have come on 131 field goals beyond the three-point stripe...
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Grace A. Baird
(Obituary ~ 01/23/04)
Grace Ardella (Tarvin) Baird, 66, of Bloomfield, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004, at 1:27 p.m. in Bloomington Hospital. Born April 2, 1937 in Daviess County, she was the daughter of Ray and Hazel (Marshall) Tarvin. She was employed by Sarkes Tarzian in Bloomington, but spent most of her life as a farm wife and homemaker. She was a member of the Odon First Christian Church and attended the Scotland United Methodist Church...
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COMMITTEE PASSES UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE LEGISLATION
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
WASHINGTON, DC ---- As America prepares to mark the solemn anniversary of Roe v. Wade, U.S. Rep. John Hostettler (IN-8) on Wednesday voted to make it a criminal offense to kill a preborn child in the commission of a federal crime. "The Supreme Court's decision 31 years ago resulted in immeasurable suffering and loss," Hostettler said. ...
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Bell tower may be taken down
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
A historic bell tower that has been perched on top of the Bloomfield Elementary School for more than 40 years ---- and decades before that at the old grade school on West Main Street where the High Rise now sits ---- will soon be removed and placed in storage until a suitable way to display the relic can be found...
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You can go back in time this weekend
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
If tradition holds true this year as it has for the past five, about 1,000 people will be in Linton this weekend for the annual Buck Creek Muzzleloaders Club's Trade Fair. The event, in the Roy Clark Community Building, always draws vendors from several states. ...
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Bloomfield board, teachers making progress
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
The teachers' union and school board in the Bloomfield district remain deadlocked in a collective bargaining impasse, but hints of progress in the talks surfaced at Thursday night's board meeting. Superintendent Ron Hasler said representatives from the Bloomfield Teachers Association and the board's bargaining team met Jan. 15 ---- the first meeting in about two months ---- and the BTA presented a proposal to the board...
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Linton police make meth bust
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
A Linton man is facing several drug related charges after police served a search warrant on a mobile home in Parkview Mobile Home Manor. Kenny R. Cordell, 21, is facing preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a public park, a class B felony; possession of a schedule III controlled substance, a class D felony; possession of marijuana, a class A misdemeanor and reckless possession of paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor...
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Jasonville fire ruled accidental
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
The cause of a fire that destroyed two downtown Jasonville businesses in December has been determined by an investigator from the Indiana State Fire Marshal office. "It has been ruled accidental/electrical," explained Pam Bright, spokesperson for the fire marshal's office...
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Grant to help Bloomfield pay for attendance officer
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
Off-duty law enforcement personnel will soon be serving as paid, part-time attendance officers in the Bloomfield School District following acceptance of a state grant agreement by the school board in cooperation with the Greene County Office of Family and Children on Thursday night...
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Several candidates file for upcoming election
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Several people took advantage of the first day to file for public office Wednesday. By noon seven people had thrown their hats in the political ring. Carolyn White was the lone Republican that filed on Wednesday. White, of Lyons, is seeking another term as Greene County treasurer...
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Civitan honored as top organization
(Local News ~ 01/23/04)
The Linton Civitan Club was named Organization of the Year at Thursday's Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet. Curt Hatton, the Chamber's vice-president for this year, presented the award to the Linton Civitan "for significant accomplishments including growth, response to adversity, community involvement and innovation."...
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Bloomfield outsized by Washington Catholic
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/04)
The Bloomfield Lady Cardinals found themselves facing another Lady Cardinal team, and those Washington Catholic Lady Cards had a definite size advantage that they used in defeating Bloomfield 51-39 in girls' varsity action Thursday night. Second-ranked WC (15-1) had nine blocked shots on the night, and their interior defense made the Bloomfield girls alter their shots and took the home team out of their normal offensive rhythm...
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