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Dugger students start school newspaper
(Local News ~ 04/07/04)
Extra! Extra! Read all about it. The Dog House News is now available once a month in Dugger. The paper is written, edited and published by 10 Dugger Elementary School students along with sponsors Jenissa Reed and Sonie Strahle. The idea for the paper started when Strahle, the activity director at the school was talking with Reed, who teaches English...
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Shakamak slams WRV
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/04)
SWITZ CITY - Tuesday night's varsity softball action between the Shakamak Lakers and the White River Valley Wolverines looked more like a Friday night football contest than a afternoon on the diamond. Shakamak scored seven touchdowns and a safety, while WRV could manage only a early field goal, as Shakamak dominated WRV, 44-3...
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Miners victorious at Cloverdale
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/04)
CLOVERDALE - The Linton Miners are playing competitive softball early in the season, which as led to the team's 4-1 record after a 7-2 win at Cloverdale on Tuesday. Randi George went the distance for the victory. "We really buckled down about the fourth, fifth and sixth innings," said Linton coach Jill Flater. "There was a couple of times where we had the bases loaded and we weren't able to capitalize on it."...
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Linton survives scare from WC
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/04)
WASHINGTON - It wasn't the most attractive game of the season, but nonetheless, the Linton-Stockton Miners picked up a 9-4 victory over the Washington Catholic Cardinals to even up the Miners' record at 2-2 on the season. Linton jumped out early on Washington Catholic with an quick 3-0 lead after the top of the first...
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Lakers trip up Ravenna
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/04)
JASONVILLE - The Shakamak Lakers took care of Ravenna, Mich., 18-1, in high school baseball action at Jasonville on Tuesday. Ravenna, who was on their spring break, traveled to southwest Indiana for the game. The team stayed two days at Bloomington in preparation of the contest...
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Accident leads to power outage
(Local News ~ 04/07/04)
Electrical power was disrupted in parts of Bloomfield and a state highway was closed to traffic early today following a hit-and-run wreck shortly before midnight Tuesday. A report issued by the Greene County Sheriff's Department said the power outage was caused when an unidentified truck or SUV hit a utility pole on SR. ...
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Bloomfield man faces charges
(Local News ~ 04/07/04)
A Bloomfield man is facing battery charges after an incident March 22. Charges were filed against Darren W. Julian in Greene Superior Court on Tuesday. According to a probable cause report filed in by Greene County Sheriff's Terry Wade, on March 22 at 6:45 p.m. Julian went to the home of David W. Fields...
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Worthington may assume ownership of old hotel
(Local News ~ 04/07/04)
The town of Worthington is considering to assume ownership of the crumbling old Williams Hotel building downtown ---- once a title check is done showing there are no liens against it. If the town does take the building it will be torn down. The old brick building was taken over by the county several years ago after $8,987.89 in property taxes was not paid. ...
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Commissioners discuss possible purchases
(Local News ~ 04/07/04)
BLOOMFIELD - Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday appointed two people to the Community Corrections Advisory Board and discussed possible purchases for the highway department. County road commissioner Mike Hennette also noted that a 10-ton road limit on county roads has been lifted. He also discussed the possible purchase of two mowing tractors and presented commissioners Tom Britton and Warren Bartlett with two bids he had received on the replacement tractors...
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Bloomfield board candidates offer views
(Local News ~ 04/07/04)
A slim crowd, numbering about 25 residents, turned out for Tuesday night's "Meet Your Candidates" forum featuring five candidates seeking three seats on the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees in the upcoming May 4 election. The forum, sponsored by the Bloomfield Teacher's Association, featured incumbent school board member Steve Dowden, who is unopposed for his District 1 seat; and four at-large seat candidates seeking two available seats ---- Jack R. ...
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Woman has questions for commissioners
(Local News ~ 04/07/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A rural Bloomfield woman who will be a Greene County commissioners candidate in the fall election, and a county employee queried commissioners Tuesday about the stalled courthouse renovation project. The commissioners have come under fire recently over the project, which has been delayed since March of last year after the south foundation wall shifted and cracks appeared in the building. Litigation is pending to determine blame; meanwhile, no construction work is being done...
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Late rally by Union not enough for win
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/04)
DUGGER - Trailing 12-5 heading into the seventh and final inning, the North Daviess Cougars looked to be in control of the high school game against the Union Bulldogs played at Dugger on Tuesday. That was until Union's two seniors stepped up to the plate and made the game even closer...
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