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ABC off to a good start
(Local News ~ 07/09/04)
Community involvement, quality products and employees are top priorities of Advanced Building Concepts. ABC took ownership of the former Winalta USA on April 20 and brought staff on just a month later. Both Wes Carter, president and Dave Potter, plant manager are proud of the 55 full time employees at the plant...
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Bowlen, Witt to play in all-star classic
(High School Sports ~ 07/09/04)
If you're sitting around the house this weekend and you're trying to think of something to do, why not visit Jasper, IN. Baseball fans will know Jasper as being the home of Indiana's Baseball Hall of Fame and of course the infamous Jasper Wildcats...
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Rosemary (Lester) Workman
(Obituary ~ 07/09/04)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- Rosemary (Lester) Workman, 75, passed away Thursday, July 8, 2004 at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove. She was born and raised in Bloomfield to Raymond and Dorothy Lester. Arrangements are pending at GH Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home, Indianapolis...
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Roselyn (Wise) Strahle
(Obituary ~ 07/09/04)
BEECH GROVE ---- Roselyn (Wise) Strahle, 84, of Beech Grove, passed away June 18, 2004 in her home. Born June 17, 1920 in Dugger, she was the daughter of Charles and Stella Wise. She was formerly a member of Linton First Christian Church and later of Drexel Gardens Christian Church in Indianapolis...
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Ruby S. Lester
(Obituary ~ 07/09/04)
BEECH GROVE ---- Ruby S. Lester, 80, of Beech Grove, passed away July 7, 2004. Born Oct. 5, 1923 in Martin County, she was the daughter of Murray and Mary Edna (Anderson) Selby. She worked as a machinist and an inspector at Allison Division of General Motors for 49 years, retiring in 1993. She was a member of the Beech Grove Order of Eastern Star...
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Billy J. Harbin, Ph.D.
(Obituary ~ 07/09/04)
Billy J. Harbin, Ph.D., 74, of Baton Rouge, La., passed away June 24, 2004 in London, England. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 11 at Bethel Cemetery in Sandborn. Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel Linton is in charge of arrangements...
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Hoyett Dale Grounds
(Obituary ~ 07/09/04)
MOORESVILLE ---- Hoyett Dale Grounds, 81, of Mooresville, passed away July 8, 2004 at his home. Born Sept. 10 1922, he was the son of Earl and Elizabeth (Flack) Grounds. He married Carol A. (Marshall) Grounds on June 30, 1956. He was a graduate from Indiana State University with a bachelor's degree in 1953 and received his master's degree in 1965. ...
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Ross W. "Jack" Gainey
(Obituary ~ 07/09/04)
Ross W. "Jack" Gainey, 86, of Spring Hill, Tenn., and formerly of Bloomfield, passed away at 7:40 a.m., July 8, 2004 at his residence. Born March 18, 1918 in Scotland, Ind., he was the son of Samuel Clement and Oma Frances (Britton) Gainey...
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Sunset Park has a national reputation
(Local News ~ 07/09/04)
Jesse Bedwell has known for a quite a while that Sunset Park was a diamond in the rough. Slowly but surely Bedwell, park superintendent, has seen many improvements at Sunset Park, a city-owned camping area with two lakes north of Linton. He has been superintendent at the park for nine years...
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Bloomfield board considering new sign
(Local News ~ 07/09/04)
"BLOOMFIELD Home of the Cardinals". That's the words on a large painted sign that members of the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees hope will be soon attached to the west exterior red brick wall of Bloomfield High's Guy Glover Memorial Gymnasium ---- greeting visitors as they enter town...
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30 take part in Fashion Revue
(Local News ~ 07/09/04)
SWITZ CITY ---- Thirty Greene County fashionistas modeled everything from pj's to a Marie Antoinette-style gown ---- some homemade ---- during the 2004 Greene County 4-H Fashion Revue on Thursday night at the fairgrounds. Winter Roudebush, an eight-year 4-H member from Worthington, modeled the Marie Antoinette gown, which she made herself, as well as an outfit selected for her consumer-clothing project, which did not have to be homemade. ...
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Lyons Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 07/09/04)
LYONS ---- At the Lyons Town Council meeting Thursday evening, clerk-treasurer Kim Flynn told the council that the state officials had limited the amount of money that the town could spend during 2004. She asked the council to pass a resolution to transfer money from the cumulative capital improvement fund to the general fund...
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Gospel group to perform Sunday
(Local News ~ 07/09/04)
Southern gospel music will grace the Greene County Fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon as part of a new entertainment offering at the year's 4-H Fair. The Sonshiners Quartet -- a professional southern gospel group from Taswell, will perform for the 12:30 p.m. show in the outdoor arena...
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Chowning takes aim at rural jobs
(Local News ~ 07/09/04)
Finding ways to enhance economic development in rural areas of Indiana is a major challenge District 45 State Rep. Alan Chowning (D-Sullivan) wants to tackle head-on. Speaking to the monthly luncheon meeting of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Chowning said, "Obviously we need not just jobs, but we need quality jobs for rural Indiana. ...
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Bloomfield School Board meets
(Local News ~ 07/09/04)
The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees maintained the status quo in its leadership and appointed positions during its annual organizational special meeting Thursday night. Keith Hanauer was re-elected board president while vice president Steve Dowden and board secretary Peggi Blakely received unanimous approval for re-election to their respective positions...
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Jones proud of his firemen
(Local News ~ 07/09/04)
The downtown fire in the early morning hours of July 1 was the main topic of mayor Tom Jones' monthly update to the citizens of Linton. "I can't commend the fire department and Chief (Lonnie) Eberhardt enough," said Jones. "They (Linton Fire Department) have received nothing but excellent praise. However, I am angry that it is arson, and that it put people of the community in jeopardy. It not only inconvenienced businesses, but it definitely inconvenienced people as well."...
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WRV defeats Bloomfield in Babe Ruth slugfest
(High School Sports ~ 07/09/04)
The Greene County Babe Ruth season is coming down to the wire, and for local baseball players it's time to put together the skills they've learned all summer long and put together solid performances. Doug Brenton scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give White River Valley a 14-13 victory over the visitors from Bloomfield...
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