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4-H Fair under way
(Local News ~ 07/12/04)
SWITZ CITY ---- It must be fair week. Hot, humid temperatures and plenty of rain. The 80th annual Greene County Fair formally opened Saturday with exhibit and livestock check-in. Greene County Extension Educator in charge of 4-H John Beech reported everything went off real smooth for the opening of this year's fair ---- except the weather which dumped about 3 1/2 inches of rain on the grounds Sunday and early this morning...
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Judge impressed with Market Beef Show
(Local News ~ 07/12/04)
SWITZ CITY ---- When judge Jason Mesnick carefully looked at the entries in Sunday night's Greene County 4-H Market Beef Show he envisioned what the walking calves would look like as steaks, roasts and briskets. He also tried to look at what the beef caress would look like hanging on the meat packer's hook...
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Attorney General warns seniors about Medicare Drug Card scams
(Local News ~ 07/12/04)
Attorney General Steve Carter is warning senior citizens of scams that have emerged as a result of the Medicare discount drug cards that became available earlier this year. The Attorney General's Office has received several reports of individuals attempting to sell a Medicare Prescription Drug discount card over the phone and asking for their bank account information. ...
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Hospital board gets encouraging news
(Local News ~ 07/12/04)
Greene County General Hospital Board of Trustees received an encouraging financial report covering the first half of 2004 on Friday night. During the first six months of the year, the hospital generated $16,047,926.93 in patient revenues ---- including $2,598,006.71 during the month of June...
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Jewell's life, music celebrated in Worthington
(Local News ~ 07/12/04)
WORTHINGTON ----The familiar marching band and circus music tunes made world famous by Worthington native, the late Fred. A. Jewell, filled the air of this proud Greene County community on Saturday. It sounded like a huge festive parade all day long...
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Shawnee Theatre review
(Local News ~ 07/12/04)
The Shawnee Theatre has created another huge success with its production of Lie, Cheat and Genuflect by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. The story is a hilarious farce of two brothers, Tom and Billy, trying to "borrow" part of their grandfather's estate in order to pay off some gambling debts...
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Wilma E. "Dottie" Malone
(Obituary ~ 07/12/04)
Wilma E. "Dottie" Malone, 82, of Newberry, passed away at 8:15 a.m. on July 9, 2004 at Lyons Health and Living Center. Born Sept. 3 ,1921 in Petroleum, W.Va., she was the daughter of Erman and Susie (Arman) Dotson. She was a retired registered nurse at Daviess County Hospital in Washington. She was a member of the Salvation Army and Mt. Nebo United Methodist Church...
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Eastern Greene ballers win free throw contest in impressive fashion
(High School Sports ~ 07/12/04)
Recently, a group of boys from Eastern Greene attended a D-One Basketball camp at the Speice Fieldhouse in Fort Wayne. The seventh grade won a free-throw contest that consisted of 51 teams. There were 15 schools with seventh through varsity teams. Each team chose three boys to shoot. They had to shoot three 1-plus the bonus shots...
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Stingrays victorious in Linton Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 07/12/04)
LINTON ---- The Greene County Stingrays were victorious in the Linton Invitational over four area teams last Saturday at the Linton pool. Coming in second in the event was Marshall Aquatics Club, third was South Vermillion Wildcats, fourth the Lincoln Trail Flippers, and fifth place went to Paris Community YMCA...
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