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Smoke house is important part of fire safety
(Local News ~ 03/23/04)
The sound of rain and thunder nearly drowned out the game show on television. Then the weather warning scrolls across the bottom of the screen. There is a tornado warning for the area. Then the blinds begin to rattle and what sounds like a freight train grows louder and louder. Breaking glass is heard and lightening is seen at the window. The noise is now a deafening roar...
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Sammy J. Archer
(Obituary ~ 03/23/04)
SANDBORN - Sammy J. Archer, 45, of Sandborn, passed away March 19, 2004, at 7:03 p.m. at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Aug. 31, l958, in Linton, he was the son of Henry Lee and LaPalma Sue (Fitzpatrick) Archer. He was the Crane Fire Department-Fire Inspector/Arson Investigator; an Advanced EMT for Southwest Ambulance in Washington; manager for Emge Stockyard in Carmi. He was a member of the Indiana Volunteer Firefighters Association and the Sandborn Volunteer Fire Department...
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Naomi Kraemer Wetzel
(Obituary ~ 03/23/04)
Naomi Kraemer Wetzel, 42, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2004, at 4:35 a.m. at her residence in Linton. Born Sept. 14, 1961, in Savannah, Ill., she was the daughter of Rev. William and Frieda (Bast) Kraemer. She was a graduate of Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa; a homemaker and a Master Gardener. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church of Linton where she taught Sunday School and was the Hand Bell Choir Director...
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Myla Gaynell Eads
(Obituary ~ 03/23/04)
Myla Gaynell Eads, 85, formerly of Bloomfield and Indianapolis, passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center. Born May 3, 1918 in Monroe County, she was the daughter of Sylvester and Alice (Cirgin) Davis. She was a homemaker and the wife of the former Marion County Sheriff Lee Eads...
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Margaret Jean Jackson
(Obituary ~ 03/23/04)
VINCENNES - Margaret Jean Jackson, 80, of Vincennes, passed away Friday, March 19, 2004, at 5:30 p.m. at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Born July 5, 1923, in Knox County, she was the daughter of Carl and Aleda (Strate) Held. She was a volunteer for over 25 years at the Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton, a member of the Pleasantville United Methodist Church, and currently attended the First United Methodist Church in Vincennes...
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Lois Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/23/04)
Lois Smith, 79, of Sullivan and formerly of Dugger, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2004, at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born Oct. 9, 1924 in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Floyd and Corda (Dunbar) Bedwell. Survivors include three sons, Alan Smith and Gary Smith, both of Dugger, and Tim Smith of Willard, Mo.; three daughters, Laurie Booker of South Bend, Jan Phillips of Sullivan and Jayne Smith of Vincennes; one brother, Wayne Bedwell of Dugger; friend and caregiver Mary Monroe of Sullivan; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.. ...
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Maj. Leland T. Blanton
(Obituary ~ 03/23/04)
OVIEDO, Fla. ---- Leland T. Blanton, 70, of Oviedo, Fla., passed away on March 16, 2004 at his residence. Born Sept. 14, 1933 in Jasonville, he was the son of Alvin and Lena Belle Blanton. He was a retired U.S. Air Force Major, and was part owner of a construction business...
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Dempsey Bell
(Obituary ~ 03/23/04)
Dempsey Bell, 84, of Jasonville, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2004, at his residence. Born Sept. 28, 1919, in Jasonville, he was the son of James and Nancy (Shouk) Bell. He worked for Gen. Motors in Pontiac, Mich., until service in the U. S. Navy as a 1st Class Seaman stationed at Norfolk, Va., in WWII. ...
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Charles J. Weaver
(Obituary ~ 03/23/04)
MUNCIE ---- Charles J. Weaver, 82, formerly of Linton, passed away Thursday, March 18, 2004 at his residence. Born March 15, 1922 in Midland, he was the son of Charles and Nevada Weaver. He worked for Craig Trucking in Albany and later retired from B & I Motor Freight after 32 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of Summerville Church of Christ in Linton...
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The sale of school photographs and other fundraising products sold by students is providing the cash for Bloomfield Elementary School to soon have its own computer lab.
(Local News ~ 03/23/04)
The board of school trustees approved the expenditure Thursday night of approximately $19,500 from the elementary school extracurricular activity (ECA) fund to purchase 15 computers and a color printer. These computers will be used to teach language, remediation and other uses as determined by the staff and administration, according to superintendent Ron Hasler...
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An over-the-road truck driver is in the Greene County Jail facing five counts of sexual misconduct with a minor.
(Local News ~ 03/23/04)
Thomas Evans, 33, of Jasonville, was arrested by Jasonville Assistant Police Chief Don Fish on Saturday night. Evans is charged with having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl on four or five occasions. Police interviewed the girl who told them in detail what had happened. She told them that Evans had told her not to tell anyone because he would get in trouble...
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A Linton man died and his wife was critically injured in a two-vehicle wreck Friday night on SR. 43 in southeastern Owen County.
(Local News ~ 03/23/04)
William Drury, 63, Linton, and Jeffrey Cline, 28, Bloomington, both died in the 6:40 p.m. wreck. Drury's wife, Sharon, 56, remains in Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis where she was flown by helicopter after being freed from the wreckage by rescue personnel, according to a report from the Owen County Sheriff's Department...
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The Linton Police Department reported three separate incidents involving domestic problems - some of them violent - over the weekend.
(Local News ~ 03/23/04)
According to the police reports, Raymond S. Blaylock, 43, of Linton, was arrested March 21 on charges of criminal confinement, a class B felony; criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, a class D felony, and possession of a handgun without a license, a class A misdemeanor...
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Bloomfield NJROTC earns honors at meet
(Local News ~ 03/23/04)
What a year it has been for the Bloomfield High School NJROTC. After receiving several top awards this year recognizing the group, and completing an outstanding Pass and Review only weeks ago, the smallest NJROTC unit in the United States within a school its size has seemingly outdone itself again...
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Second annual coin show being planned for Oct.
(Local News ~ 03/23/04)
Plans are underway to conduct the second annual Greene County Coin Show on Saturday, Oct. 16. The event, sponsored by the Greene County Coin Club, will be held from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Greene County Cooperative Service's community building at the fairgrounds...
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Phase I of Worthington water project is completed
(Local News ~ 03/23/04)
It was only a dream three years ago, a dream of turning on a water faucet and having clean, pure water. That dream became a reality for people living west of Worthington when Phase I of the Worthington water project was recently completed. Residents were ecstatic when twenty-five miles of pipeline and 65 meters were installed along a route, which encompassed Terre Haute Road, State Road 48 and several county roads. ...
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Commissioners respond to project concerns
(Local News ~ 03/23/04)
Greene County Commissioners' president Tom Britton has issued a press release stating that board's stance on the stalled - and controversial - courthouse renovation project. Many of his statements are in response to recent public statements made by Larry Poe, owner of Poe Electric in Linton, a sub-contractor on the courthouse project. Poe believes the courthouse project should be scrapped and a new building constructed in another location...
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William M. Drury
(Obituary ~ 03/23/04)
William M. Drury, 63, of Linton, passed away Friday, March 19, 2004, at 7:15 p.m. in a car accident. Born June 5, 1940, in Sullivan County, he was the son of Virgil and Jesse (Akers) Drury. He was retired from Sullivan County Community Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Sharon (Sheets) Drury of Linton; one son, Bradley Drury Sr. ...
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