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Eastern teacher wins Golden Apple
(Local News ~ 05/12/04)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- For the second straight year, an Eastern Greene Elementary School teacher has been honored among the best educators in the Wabash Valley region. Eastern first-grade teacher Linda Lavender will be honored Friday in a special ceremony at the Indiana Theatre with a Golden Apple Award ---- presented by Terre Haute television station WTHI-Channel 10...
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Cards avenge earlier loss to Lions
(High School Sports ~ 05/12/04)
The last time Bloomfield met Loogootee was in the Loogootee Invitational Tournament in early April. Loogootee went away with a 3-2 victory in a very close match. That day it came down to number 3 singles for the deciding point. Today, Bloomfield won a very close 3-2 match and it was number 2 singles that determined who would win the match...
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Linton cages Tigers in doubleheader sweep
(High School Sports ~ 05/12/04)
LINTON - The Linton Miners swept a doubleheader against Hutsonville (IL), 5-4 in Game One, and 12-9 in Game Two. All the offense in Game One occurred in the first three innings. Jared Wesley led off the game with a home run to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead...
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Softball sectional draw set for today
(High School Sports ~ 05/12/04)
For the first time since moving to the class system back in the 1997-98 season, the Indiana High School Athletic Association's girls high school softball sectionals will be played in four classes instead of three. Today, at the IHSAA headquarters in Indianapolis, the drawing will take place, with sectionals beginning at designated locations on May 24...
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Everett Dwight (Bert) Bedwell
(Obituary ~ 05/12/04)
Everett Dwight (Bert) Bedwell, 79, of Roseville, Calif., died April 23 in Roseville Hospital. Born July 9, 1924 in Carlisle, he was the son of Dwight and Lucy (Lace) Bedwell. He was a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps, retired. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, serving as a USMC officer for 24 years. ...
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Phyllis M. Allen
(Obituary ~ 05/12/04)
Phyllis M. Allen, 66, of Koleen, passed away Friday at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. Born Sept. 29, 1937 in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of Tom and Glodie (Simmerman) Super. She was the retired postmaster for Koleen, a member of the Koleen Union Church, and a member of the Koleen Ladies Aid...
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Distance learning to be available at Eastern
(Local News ~ 05/12/04)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Eastern Greene High School will soon be electronically linked to unlimited distance learning educational opportunities ---- thanks to a joint grant that has been received by 13 area school districts. Eastern, a member of the Southern Indiana Educational Center consortium, will receive an estimated $60,000 to $70,000 in high-tech distance learning equipment for a $2,800 matching grant cost, superintendent Randy Barrett told the school board Tuesday night...
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Bloomfield students to get out early
(Local News ~ 05/12/04)
Bloomfield School District will have its ninth early student dismissal of the school year on Thursday. Students will be dismissed at 1:25 p.m. from the Bloomfield schools. Students enrolled in area cooperatives and not attending Bloomfield schools will have their regular schedules...
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Worthington Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 05/12/04)
WORTHINGTON ---- More testing is required to know the extent of asbestos at the Williams Hotel in downtown Worthington. The former hotel contains four buildings, three of which are attached and one located directly behind those buildings which used to be the carriage building...
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Board member upset with dress code
(Local News ~ 05/12/04)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- As a means of publicly voicing his concern about what he called the lack of enforcement of existing student dress code standards at the elementary, junior high and high school levels, Eastern Greene Board of Trustees member John Doane voted Tuesday night against passage of revised student policy handbooks for the coming school year...
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GCHS to sponsor pet contests
(Local News ~ 05/12/04)
Think your little Fido is the most beautiful dog on earth ---- but your neighbors think he looks like a wombat? Even worse, do they secretly think there's a resemblance between you and him? You might want to consider two contests the Greene County Humane Society has planned for the Tri-County Festival in Jasonville later this month...
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Family Readiness Group meets
(Local News ~ 05/12/04)
The Family Readiness Group will be meeting Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Linton National Guard Armory. "The main agenda item will be planning our homecoming and Fourth of July celebration," said Jodie Myers, president of the local group. The group first began meeting in November 2002 as soldiers from the 152nd Indiana National Guard at Linton were being prepared to be deployed...
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Goosepond project still has questions
(Local News ~ 05/12/04)
Dave Stratman, a biologist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, is helping restore wetlands and wildlife habitat to Goosepond, an 8,000-acre former farm south of Linton. When he looks at it, he sees more than what's there now ---- an unimpressive sight, dirt and weeds. He sees the future...
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Softball roundup
(High School Sports ~ 05/12/04)
The Union Bulldogs defeated the White River Valley Wolverines, 20-0, in softball action at Dugger on Tuesday. Arica Marcott picked up her third win of the season. Wolverines' Liz Pickard suffered the loss. Offensively for Union, Stacey Secrest, Sasha Stanton, Jenna Laxton, Kelsey Manuel, and Brandi McCammon all finished with two hits...
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