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Campbell to retire from education
(Local News ~ 05/27/04)
SWITZ CITY ---- Stephen Campbell, superintendent of the White River Valley School Corporation, will retire at the end of this school year after serving Greene County schools for 41 years ---- 28 of those years as a superintendent. He was superintendent of Worthington schools prior to the consolidation of Lyons, Worthington and Switz City schools, which formed the WRV School Corporation. Campbell has now seen 15 senior classes graduate from WRV High School in Switz City...
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High scoring affair goes the way of the Warriors
(High School Sports ~ 05/27/04)
LINTON - Two outs, bases loaded, bottom of the seventh inning. Tying run just 90 feet away, with the winning run waiting to score on a base hit. That was the situation the Linton Miners were facing Wednesday afternoon against North Knox during one of the limited games played in high school baseball action...
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Late heroics give Bulldogs first taste of sectional glory
(High School Sports ~ 05/27/04)
CLAY CITY ---- It took a rain out Tuesday evening and a nine inning game Wednesday night, but the Union Lady Bulldogs made history with a 1-0 victory over the North Central Lady Thunderbirds. While clinching this year's sectional title, the Bulldogs also clinched the first sectional softball title in school history...
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Thelma R. (Johnnie) Weaver
(Obituary ~ 05/27/04)
Thelma R. (Johnnie) Weaver, 79, of Sullivan, passed away at 7:45 p.m., May 26, 2004 at Sullivan Community Hospital. Born Feb. 2, 1923 in Jasonville, she was the daughter of Fermond and Laura Bell (Benefiel) Fordyce. She married Carl E. Weaver on Dec. 26, 1939 in South Bend...
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Norma Taylor
(Obituary ~ 05/27/04)
Norma Taylor, 72, passed away at 1:34 a.m. May 27, 2004 at Glenburn Home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Linton Chapel.
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Carl K. Collins
(Obituary ~ 05/27/04)
TERRE HAUTE ---- Carl K. Collins, 76, of Terre Haute, passed away Tuesday afternoon, May 25 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Born Oct. 6, 1927 in Petersburg, he was the son of Carl M. and Ruth Anna (Grable) Collins. He married Mary B. Apple on July 31, 1953...
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Area WW II veterans to be honored
(Local News ~ 05/27/04)
Many area veterans will be honored Saturday as part of the World War II Recognition Day and Expo ---- "A Grateful Nation Remembers," which is to be staged at North Daviess Elementary School, near Odon. The event will honor Greene and Daviess county veterans nearly 59 years after the end of World War II. ...
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Shawnee Theatre opens June 17
(Local News ~ 05/27/04)
Shawnee Theatre, the longest running professional summer stock theatre in Indiana, offers a line-up of hilarity and humor this season. It starts off June 17-20 with "The Perfect Wedding," a Robin Hawdon farce. Hawdon wrote the popular "Don't Dress for Dinner" presented here in 2002. This rare combination of touching love story and riotous farce has provoked waves of laughter across Europe and America...
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Students get look at real world
(Local News ~ 05/27/04)
When Bev Kreig wants the students in her junior high Careers class to learn about jobs, she sends them out to do one ---- at least for a day. Recently, she had several students job shadowing at various businesses around Linton. Two of the Careers students, George Fritz and Ashlea Beard, asked to complete their assignment at the Phil Harris Golf Course. Both are eighth-graders at Linton-Stockton Junior High School...
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Bloomfield pool opens Friday
(Local News ~ 05/27/04)
The Bloomfield Municipal Swimming Pool on Lincoln Drive will open Friday for its third summer season operated by the town of Bloomfield. Josh Thompson has been hired as pool manager by the town council and he will also be handling the concession operations...
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Woman faces drug charges
(Local News ~ 05/27/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A 22-year-old Worthington woman remains in the Greene County jail after she was arrested on drug charges in Worthington on Monday evening. Cheryl Coulter is being held on charges of possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance and possession of paraphernalia...
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Axe: Be alert
(Local News ~ 05/27/04)
Behind-the-scenes precautions are being taken locally following America's top law enforcement officials urging the public Wednesday to help the FBI track down seven suspected al-Qaida operatives and avert an attack on U.S. soil. A stream of credible intelligence indicates that could occur this summer...
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Crimestoppers donates sign
(Local News ~ 05/27/04)
Crime doesn't pay, but Crimestoppers does. To drive that point home, members of the Greene County Crimestoppers have been putting up signs throughout the county. "The signs give the public information about the tipline phone number and cash rewards for anonymous tips," said Kelly Foglesong, president of Crimestoppers...
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Storm hits area hard this morning
(Local News ~ 05/27/04)
A strong band of thunderstorms, sporting high winds and dime-sized hail, was reported moving through the county during the pre-dawn hours today. Bloomfield Police Department chief deputy marshal Kenneth Tharp reported dime-sized hail to the Greene County Sheriff's Department radio dispatch about 4:16 a.m. A dispatcher then contacted the National Weather Service office in Indianapolis, which issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Greene County...
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Laxton & Co. celebrate first sectional title
(High School Sports ~ 05/27/04)
CLAY CITY - Sectional time is the best time for numerous athletes, coaches, administrators, and fans throughout the state of Indiana. Don't believe me, than I guess you weren't at Clay City last night to see North Central and Union vie for sectional supremacy in one of the better games, in any sport, I've seen...
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