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Fougerousse receives huge scholarship
(Local News ~ 03/09/04)
JASONVILLE ---- Nicole Fougerousse is enjoying her senior year. While her classmates are running around worrying about college, she is cool, calm and collected. Fougerousse's life recently got a lot less complicated. She has been awarded a $30,000 Gongaware Scholarship to Indiana State University...
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Past disappointments fuel WRV
(High School Sports ~ 03/09/04)
SWITZ CITY ---- After advancing to the Class A semistate two years ago and losing to Bloomfield in the sectional last year, White River Valley's basketball team is ready to finish what they started this season. "We left things unattended in our sophomore year," senior A.J. Graves said Monday afternoon. "We feel that this is the time for us to prove to everyone that we have the talent and skills to win a regional."...
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Margaret Rosemary Richard
(Obituary ~ 03/09/04)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- Margaret Rosemary Richard, 67, formerly of Worthington, passed away Friday, March 5, 2004, in Pinellas County, Fla. Born Feb. 1, 1937 in Worthington, she was the daughter of Lorin and Lillian McIntosh. She was a 1955 graduate of Worthington High School and valedictorian of her class. ...
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Madonna Kay (Pittman) Phillips
(Obituary ~ 03/09/04)
Madonna Kay Phillips, 38, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2004, at 4:30 a.m. at her residence in Linton. Born Feb. 24, 1966 in Martinsville, she was the daughter of Harold E. and Sondra (Dillon) Pittman. She was a homemaker and formerly worked at Corner Stone Children and Family Services in Vincennes. She was a 1984 graduate of Shakamak High School and a member of Lebanon Baptist Church...
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Ralph Max "Peabud" McKim
(Obituary ~ 03/09/04)
Ralph Max "Peabud" McKim, 79, formerly of Sandborn, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2004, at 8:40 a.m. at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born in Stafford Township, he was the son of Frank and Ona (Lucas) McKim. He was retired from Sprinkle Grain Elevator in Sandborn, where he worked for 38 years. ...
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Catt enjoys her trip to Washington, D.C.
(Local News ~ 03/09/04)
The thrill of a lifetime is exactly what Kristina Catt, a White River Valley senior, experienced in February as she hobnobbed with the likes of retired White House and presidential news correspondent Helen Thomas and ABC television newswoman Ann Compton at the National Press Club...
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NESC board meets
(Local News ~ 03/09/04)
HYMERA ---- Several parents attended the Northeast Sullivan School Corporation meeting Monday night to ask for help with concerns about their children. "I have a fourth grader at Hymera Elementary, and while we really like Mrs. (Karen) Mason and are sympathetic about her health issues, we as parents are very concerned about the large class that she has and the lack of consistency these children are getting," explained parent Vanessa Peterson...
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Jasonville City Council meets
(Local News ~ 03/09/04)
JASONVILLE ---- A public hearing was held during the Jasonville City Council meeting Monday night for a grant through the Indiana Department of Commerce. The grant for $495,000 would be used for the wastewater treatment facility project. The city is also applying for a state revolving loan in the amount of $2,754,378...
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Humane Society changes some policies
(Local News ~ 03/09/04)
The Greene County Humane Society has made some policy changes ---- one regarding potential adopters, and an increase in adoption fees. The adoption fee increase is offset by the fact that dogs will now have their vaccinations before they leave the shelter ---- and includes the spaying or neutering...
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Linton considering putting fluoride in water
(Local News ~ 03/09/04)
Linton may soon have fluoridated water. At the Linton City Council meeting Monday night, Linton mayor Tom Jones said the Indiana State Board of Health had suggested Linton join most other Indiana cities in adding fluoride to its drinking water. Jones, noting that fluoride is a naturally occurring element present in all water in minute amounts, recommended fluoridation ---- if the residents want it...
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Well expense surprises Jones
(Local News ~ 03/09/04)
Linton mayor Tom Jones said he and the city "inherited" a situation that took him by surprise ---- one he certainly did not want or need. At Monday night's Linton City Council meeting, Jones said in 1995 the city drilled a water well on the property of a former Linton man, Dr. Phillip Akre, who was living in California...
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A.J. Graves keeps family dream of state title alive
(High School Sports ~ 03/09/04)
SWITZ CITY ---- When the final horn sounded Saturday night signaling a White River Valley Class A Sectional victory over Bloomfield, one of the proudest people in the stands ---- and one of the first to rush to greet the team on the floor ---- was Andrew Graves...
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