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LPD continues to make drug arrests
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
Through an ongoing investigation, Linton Police Department officers made another methamphetamine arrest early this morning. "This is another ongoing investigation, and we expect more arrests," said LPD Chief Keith McDonald. Robert Keith Sullivan, 39, a bartender at Scotty's Tavern, was arrested after a search in and around his residence at CR 1550 W and CR 250 N yielded several drug-related items and four firearms. ...
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Bloomfield plays at BNL on Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/05)
After a 60-30 loss Tuesday against Terre Haute South, Bloomfield's boys basketball team will travel to Bedford Saturday to take on another Class 4A opponent when the Cardinals battle the Stars of Bedford North Lawrence at BNL Fieldhouse beginning at 8:00 p.m...
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Lady Miners rout Union in SWIAC action
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/05)
LINTON ---- The Linton girls basketball team has been sitting back the past two weeks waiting for the opportunity to step back onto the court and play. In that time, Miners' coach Mike Riggleman praised his team's effort during practice. The work and dedication paid off once the Miners returned to the court as Linton picked up a double conference win over Union, 63-42...
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Lois M. Smith
(Obituary ~ 01/14/05)
Lois M. Smith, 93, of Linton, passed away at 1:20 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 14, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel.
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Edgar Lee Ritter
(Obituary ~ 01/14/05)
FRANKLIN ---- Edgar Lee Ritter, 88, of Plainfield and formerly of Indianapolis and Bloomfield, passed away Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005 at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin. Born Dec. 14, 1916 in Bloomfield, he was the son of William Drayton and Catherine Alice (Axe) Ritter. In 1937, he married Hazel Mae Marshall in Greenfield. She passed away in 1998...
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Area women face forgery charges
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
A pair of Linton area women face forgery-related charges in connection with two separate incidents in September associated with cashing checks that allegedly did not belong to them. An arrest warrant was issued for Ginger Kendall, 27, on Monday by Greene Circuit Court Judge David Johnson charging her with forgery ---- a class C felony. The same day, a warrant was issued for the arrest of 28-year-old Jodi Cliver charging her with attempted forgery ---- also a class C felony...
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United Way received donation
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
The Greene County United Way received a donation from Regions Bank, formerly known as Union Planters Bank, on Monday. Dee Woodruff, president of Greene County United Way, accepted the donation from Kevin Kramer, Regions Bank branch manager. "We're accepting a check from their employees," Woodruff said, noting that the bank matched the amount the employees collected...
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Linton JH students helping tsunami victims
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
In an effort to raise money for tsunami victims, Linton-Stockton Junior High School students are conducting a penny war. Junior High English teachers Linda Thomas and Kay Sullivan are heading up the project. The idea for the penny war came from Tammy Young, director of the Greene County Unit of the Wabash Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. When the idea came about, Young and Sullivan were having a conversation about how to get more children involved with community work...
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Shakamak School Board meets
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak board of directors, at their regular meeting Thursday night, heard from Harry Huber with an update on the Community Alliance to Promote Education grant. Huber said attendance in 2003-04 improved by about 1 percent in the elementary school and nearly 2 percent in the high school compared to the base year of 2000-01, before the grant began...
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Bond reduced for Linton woman
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
Bond for a Linton woman facing three separate drug-related trials in the coming year was reduced Wednesday by Greene Circuit Judge David Johnson. The bond for Lisa L. Smith, 26, of Linton, was reduced from $54,000 to $20,000 surety or 10 percent cash following a brief hearing...
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GCYA provides an educational option
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
Greene County Youth Alternatives provides an educational option for people who, for one reason or another, are behind academically, working on a GED, or need credits their school doesn't offer. GED students Jerad Long, 17, Worthington; Aaron Gardner, 16, Jasonville; Racheal Alsman, 17, Bloomfield; and Vanessa Stefancik, 17, Linton, said taking GED classes through GCYA is convenient and affordable. In addition, they said the staff is helpful...
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Conway excited about Foundation's new initiative
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
New Greene County Foundation Executive Director Kerry Conway has been officially on the job less than two weeks, but she's optimistic about a new initiative being touted by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. Sustaining Resource Development is the new voluntary training initiative being offered by Lilly Endowment to foundation directors and board members around the state in cooperation with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University...
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Firkins proud to have National Commander visit area By Nick Schneider, STAFF WRITER
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
One of the guys wearing the biggest smile on Wednesday afternoon as National American Legion Commander Thomas P. Cadmus was making his way through local posts at Bloomfield and Worthington was Greene County businessman Bill Firkins. Firkins, who lives in Linton, serves as Indiana State Legion Commander. He called it a big honor to have the national commander in town ---- especially visiting his home post ---- No. 196 in Bloomfield...
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Englehardt hired as WRV administrative assistant
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- The White River Valley Board of School Trustees hired an administrative assistant for grades 7-12 at their regular meeting Thursday evening. With a vote of 4-0, with board members Glen Cundiff and Ted Wagner abstaining, Lee Ann Englehardt was hired, with a one-year contract, for the new position...
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CAPE working well for WRV schools
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- Greene County CAPE Director Harry Huber spoke to the White River Valley Board of School Trustees on Thursday evening about the CAPE grant. Since the implementation of the CAPE during the 2001-02 school year, attendance has improved at all three WRV campuses...
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Tomich back in court Thursday
(Local News ~ 01/14/05)
Final evidence was heard Thursday afternoon in Greene Circuit Court on a petition for post conviction relief filed by a rural Linton woman sentenced to 85 years in prison last January for her role in the 2003 shooting death of her husband. Constance Tomich signed a plea agreement Dec. ...
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Girls basketball roundup
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/05)
Clay City Eels 55 Ca.Gerber 5 1-1 11, Kennedy 5 1-2 11, Schopmeyer 3 0-0 8, Collins 2 0-0 4, McWilliams 2 0-0 4, Ch.Gerber 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Stiner 0 0-0 0, Tyler 0 0-0 0. Totals ---- 21 FG, 9-11 FT, 55 TP. Bloomfield Cardinals 61 Myers 6 4-5 16, Stout 5 4-4 14, Thombleson 2 2-4 6, Bowersock 5 1-4 11, Gilliland 3 4-4 10, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Todd 1 0-0 2, Veatch 0 0-0 0, Cochrane 1 0-0 2. Totals ---- 23 FG, 15-21 FT, 61 TP...
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