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Aerial trucks helped save block during Petro fire
(Local News ~ 07/28/04)
Linton Fire Chief Lonnie Eberhardt saw first hand the firefighting value of an aerial truck during the recent Petro Tire Company store and warehouse fire. Three area fire departments with state-of-the-art aerial trucks came to the rescue of the Linton department and provided aerial fire trucks to help battle the pre-dawn blaze...
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McBride to stay at Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 07/28/04)
After more than 30 years of teaching and coaching at Bloomfield Junior/Senior High School, Ron McBride considered going back home to Jasonville. The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of Trustees approved, at their July 12 meeting, the hiring of McBride to be athletic director and assistant to the principal. The following day, Shakamak Superintendent Michael Turner said, he offered McBride the job, but negotiations were renewed...
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County health nurse leaving
(Local News ~ 07/28/04)
Thursday is the last day on the job for Greene County Health Department nurse Pam Seger. The Worthington resident is "bittersweet" about leaving her current post for a new job with Terre Haute-based Vista Home Health Care. She will soon be working with the hospice care agency doing home health visits...
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Redneck Carnival to debut Saturday at fairgrounds
(Local News ~ 07/28/04)
The entire family can enjoy a day of old-fashioned fun Saturday at the first Redneck Carnival sponsored by the Boys and Girls Club of Greene County. "We're going to have all kinds of redneck activities," said Sarah Riggins, Boys and Girls Club volunteer...
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Northside residents wake to flat tires
(Local News ~ 07/28/04)
The Linton Police Department had a busy day Monday responding to reports of punctured tires. Patrolman Michael Tatlock said the vandalism went from the northwest part of 15th Street to F Street Northeast in no apparent pattern. He said the victims appeared to be random...
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Insurance company files suit against city
(Local News ~ 07/28/04)
An insurance company representing a Linton resident, whose home was damaged in a January fire, has filed a tort claim civil suit against the city of Linton and its electric utility company in Greene Superior Court. The suit was filed Monday by Auto Owners Insurance on behalf of resident John Bemis, whose house, located at 1089 D. Street NE, was damaged by a Jan. 6 fire...
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Adam Dean Hasler
(Obituary ~ 07/28/04)
Adam Dean Hasler, 19, of Lolo, Mont., passed away July 26, 2004 in Montana. Born June 24, 1985 in Linton, he was the son of Kerry Hasler and Jackie Vehslage. Hasler was a licensed Montana guide for the Hole in the Wall Ranch. He attended school at White River Valley until he moved to Montana in 2001 graduating from Big Sky High School in 2004. He enjoyed fishing and was an avid outdoorsman...
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Robert W. Taylor
(Obituary ~ 07/28/04)
Robert W. Taylor, 73, of Linton, passed away at 2:34 p.m. July 26, 2004 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born July 15, 1931 in Beal, Ind., he was the son of John Samuel and Eva (Wolfe) Taylor. He was a trucker driver and a barber. He was a veteran and belonged to American Legion Post 22, Teamsters Union Local 135 and VFW Post 1686...
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