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Tradition helps fuel Miners
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
Many senior class members on the 2004 Linton Miners football squad were born the same year the school's first football team advanced to the Class A semistate round of postseason play ---- 1986. Current Linton-Stockton Athletic Director Charlie Karazsia was the Miners' head coach then. Linton's hopes for a trip to the state tournament game were stymied by a loss to South Putnam...
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Cecil R. Baugh
(Obituary ~ 11/18/04)
VERSAILLES ---- Cecil R. Baugh, 79, of Osgood, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004 at Manderley Health Care Center in Osgood. Born at Mintenville, Ky., on Dec. 8, 1924, he was the son of John and Gertie Baugh. He was married to Mildred Brown on Sept. 10, 1946...
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Indiana military dignitaries visit armory
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
Col. Wayne Hill, chief of staff for the Military Department of Indiana, and other Indiana military dignitaries paid a visit to the Linton National Guard Armory on Tuesday, arriving via Blackhawk helicopter. "It seems dramatic to come in a Blackhawk, but they have them; they had a lot of people to move; why not use them?" Sgt. Michael McKim McKim said...
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New shop features custom floral design
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
Dixie House has been a Linton businesswoman for 30-plus years, but she recently branched out into a new venture. House opened The Vine & Branches flower and gift shop Sept. 1 in the same location as her beauty shop at 1110 Fifth Street NW. It's a full-service flower shop with delivery to the hospital and local funeral homes, as well as some in surrounding towns, she said. House said she'll still take care of established customers at her beauty shop, but her focus now is on the flower shop...
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Bedford woman found guilty on drug-related charges
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
A Greene Circuit Court jury found a former Springville woman guilty on three drug-related charges Wednesday night. Tammy Bowling, 33, now living in Bedford, was found guilty of dealing in a controlled substance ---- a Class C felony; neglect of a dependent ---- a class D felony; and possession of marijuana ---- a class A misdemeanor...
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Shawnee to host fundraiser
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
Shawnee Theatre is hosting its first Festival of Trees at the Greene County 4-H Building. Christmas trees and wreaths, decorated by area groups, businesses and individuals, will be on display for viewing. There will be at least 20 trees and at least 10 wreaths, Marlen Flynn of the Shawnee Board of Directors, said. The trees will range in size from table top to 7 1/2 feet...
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Strut-and-Fret to perform "Beauty and the Beast'
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
The Bloomfield School Strut-and-Fret drama club is ready to present the 1991 Disney musical classic "Beauty and the Beast" for a four performance run ---- opening tonight at Shawnee Theatre. Directed by the school's vocal music director Sheila Jerrells, the popular award-winning musical features 52 student performers in grades 7-12 adorned in elaborate costumes. The show has plenty of lively music and dance performances...
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McDonald completes training
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
After 15 weeks of intense training, Linton Police Department Patrol Officer Debbie McDonald is home from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy and back on the streets. McDonald was hired in September 2003 and left for the academy July 2004. "You have to go through the academy within your first year or lose your arrest powers," she said...
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Bed and breakfast to open soon
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
LITTLE CINCINNATI ---- A new bed and breakfast will soon be open in eastern Greene County. Christy James, owner of Country Elegance Bed and Breakfast, said she hopes to have the business up and running by the last week of November or first week of December...
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Jasonville man among those facing charges
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
CARLISLE ---- Wabash Valley Correctional Facility guards who were charged with beating a handcuffed prisoner in June have now been charged with attacking a second inmate. Wabash Valley Correctional Facility guards Thomas Troy Matney, 33, of Jasonville, and Johnnie Murphy, 42, of Sullivan, were charged in October with misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury for a June 24 attack against inmate Jermarcus Grandberry, authorities said. ...
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Habitat for Humanity dinner set for Nov. 30
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
The Greene County Habitat for Humanity will conduct its annual dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 30. The dinner will be at the Saron United Church of Christ, 440 1st St. NW, in Linton. In the past, Habitat has had guest speakers at the dinner; however, Habitat secretary Karen Strueh said there will not be one this year...
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Courthouse work continues
(Local News ~ 11/18/04)
For the past three weeks there has been an increased amount of construction activity going on in and around the Greene County Courthouse work site. Project manager Jim Corey reports steady progress on the $10.5 million addition/renovation project by general contractor Weddle Brothers Construction Company, of Bloomington, and a host of subcontractors...
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Countdown is on for showdown with Ritter
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/04)
LINTON ---- The entire town of Linton has been on cloud nine ever since the Miners' convincing Regional championship victory over Fountain Central, 41-6. To say the entire town of Linton made the nearly two-hour journey north to Fountain County may be exaggerating, but not by much...
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