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Holocaust survivor talks to junior high students
(Local News ~ 03/11/04)
Two Linton-Stockton Junior High School (LSJHS) students, Paul Fagg and Josh Gibson, presented Eva Kor a check Wednesday to apply toward rebuilding the C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Terre Haute that was burned by an arsonist in November 2003...
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Area sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 03/11/04)
Union to honor athletes The Union Junior-Senior High School winter sports award program will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30 in the high school gym. All boys and girls winter sports teams will be honored. Bloomfield winter sports banquet Bloomfield's winter sports banquet is scheduled for March 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria...
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Loogootee vs. Tecumseh at a glance
(High School Sports ~ 03/11/04)
Loogootee (19-4) Head Coach Steve Brett Sectional Offensive Average: 53.3 points Defensive Average: 38.4 points Current Win Streak:4 games Tecumseh (20-4) Head Coach Kevin Oxley Sectional Offensive Average: 56.2 Defensive Average: 40.2 Current Win Streak: 2...
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Loogootee faces Tecumseh in regional
(High School Sports ~ 03/11/04)
Looking at his team's first-round regional opponent is pretty scary for Tecumseh head coach Kevin Oxley. Looking at Loogootee is like looking into a mirror for the 12-year veteran coach. He sees many similarities between the two teams ---- things that make each of them very hard to defeat...
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Hedwig (Hedgie) Weber
(Obituary ~ 03/11/04)
Hedwig (Hedgie) Weber, 75, of Linton, passed away at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born Oct. 23, 1928 in Indianapolis to Louis and Anna (Bruder) Mauser. She was retired from RCA in Bloomington and was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church and the Women of the Moose of Linton. She was a member of the Greene County General Hospital Auxiliary, serving as a Pink Lady...
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Cora Alice Ellis
(Obituary ~ 03/11/04)
Cora Alice Ellis, 83, of Dugger, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 9:35 p.m. at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born July 13, 1921, in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Kersey Ransford and Roohk (Sims) Ransford. She was a member of the Hickory United Methodist Church, and the Town and Country Home Economics Club in Dugger...
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Clarence Colvin
(Obituary ~ 03/11/04)
Clarence Colvin of Linton passed away at his residence at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. Arrangements are pending at Welch and Cornett Linton Chapel.
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Charges could be filed after fire
(Local News ~ 03/11/04)
MINERAL ---- Charges could possibly be filed by two government entities in what local fire officials have deemed an illegal burn Wednesday morning in the community of Mineral, south of Bloomfield. According to Richland-Taylor fire chief George Ockerman, the department received a call ---- at approximately 10:22 a.m. ...
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Axe has a plan for sirens in county
(Local News ~ 03/11/04)
In an ideal world, one where finances are not a concern, Greene County Emergency Management Director Roger Axe would prefer to have a series of storm warning sirens strategically placed at 16 locations from one end of the county to the other. However, that's not the case and Axe realizes the county's current financial limitations...
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Lawsuit filed against priest
(Local News ~ 03/11/04)
A civil lawsuit filed in Marion Superior Court and made public Wednesday alleges that a 17-year-old Bloomfield boy was molested by a Catholic priest over a period of six years starting in 1993. The Indianapolis Star in Thursday's edition reports that the suit, filed by the juvenile boy's mother, alleges that the Rev. ...
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Greene County Ag Day set for March 19
(Local News ~ 03/11/04)
Final plans are set for the annual Greene County Ag Day event, scheduled for March 19. To highlight the significant contribution of agriculture to the local economy, the Greene County Ag Day committee in cooperation with the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service, the White River Valley Cattleman's Association, the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District, 4-H Clubs of Greene County, Inc. and Farm Bureau, Inc. is sponsoring the event...
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Bob McClure a true sharpshooter
(Local News ~ 03/11/04)
For Bob McClure, shooting a gun is as natural as breathing. The winner of countless firearms competition trophies over the years, perhaps the honor he is most proud of is being included in the Governor's Top 20. Each year for the last 25, McClure's expertise with firearms has earned him a spot with the best sharpshooters in the state, those on the Governor's Top 20. ...
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Bloomfield library hopes to save money
(Local News ~ 03/11/04)
The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Public Library Board of Trustees will look to see if money can be saved on its lease-rental bond issue by refinancing sometime in the near future. At Wednesday's monthly board meeting, library director Carolyn Konnert admitted that she didn't have all the details or fully understand the mechanics of the process and said, "This lease-rental thing is confusing."...
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Hollis enjoys a variety of activities
(Local News ~ 03/11/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Looking out from the sunroom onto Plummer Creek from her hillside Bloomfield home, Faynetta Hollis talks passionately about the things which has inspired her throughout her life ---- her late husband Lo, her writing, painting, music and God...
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Home, Business Expo is Saturday
(Local News ~ 03/11/04)
Saturday's Home and Business Expo is set to go Saturday in the Linton National Guard Armory on State Road 54 on Linton's east side. It promises to be a showcase for the latest gizmos, gadgets and goodies for your home and business. The Expo opens at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 3 p.m. There is no admission fee...
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Tri-River All-Conference teams announced
(High School Sports ~ 03/11/04)
Boy and girls basketball coaches from the Tri-River Conference (TRC) gathered in Linton on Wednesday night to select all-conference squads and name coaches of the year. Clay City's Grant McVey won the boys coaching honor while Brian Holland, of Eminence, was named the top girls coach in the conference for 2004...
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