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Auxiliary provides important functions at GCGH
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
A smile and a friendly greeting from a pink-clad lady welcomes visitors who enter Greene County General Hospital's front doors. The women are members of the hospital auxiliary, which raises funds to help support hospital programs. Auxiliary President Elaine Criqui said there are currently 45 members, 35 of whom are active. Besides staffing the front desk and raising funds, the organization also runs the gift shop and disseminates water and newspapers on the third floor...
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Additional testing helps Linton students
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
Along with the state-mandated ISTEP test, the Linton-Stockton School Corporation has recently incorporated another tool to help identify student's strengths and weaknesses, Nathan Moore, professional development director said. "We have another tool that we are using called the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) and it is closely correlated with ISTEP," he explained...
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BPA offers life skills
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
JASONVILLE ---- One local teacher believes that students who belong to Business Professionals of America can prepare for their future while learning important life skills. Dena Irwin, Metropolitan District of Shakamak High School business/vocational teacher said, "For one thing we prepare them for the job market...
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WRV students help those in need
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
Ingle Hoffer, a White River Valley High School English and Spanish teacher, is committed to helping area needy children through special programs that involve the help of her high school students. "The big project is a co-project between Spanish club and TLC (Teens in Love with Christ) called Adopt-A-Child," Hoffer said...
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Fougerousse does well with her business
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
Jill Fougerousse of Linton, eager for an opportunity to own her own business while keeping faith and family a priority has found that direct selling with Country Bunny Bath & Body gives her the best of both worlds. Fougerousse's success with Country Bunny has led Nancy Bogart, owner/founder of Country Bunny Bath & Body, to announce recently that Fougerousse has been promoted to Associate Representative for the company...
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Richard "Rick" K. Benefiel
(Obituary ~ 01/28/05)
Richard "Rick" K. Benefiel, 50, of Linton, passed away at 7:05 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Feb. 22, 1954 in Linton, he was the son of Doyle E. and Mildred (O'Conner) Benefiel. He was a 1972 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School and worked several years as a foreman for SECCO of Linton and later as a fabricator at Vincennes Steel. He was a member of the Linton Moose...
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Evelyn F. (Burris) Frayser
(Obituary ~ 01/28/05)
Evelyn F. (Burris) Frayser, 72, of Pendleton and formerly of Dugger, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005 at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. Born Feb. 24, 1932 in Dugger, she was the daughter of Donald and Mable (Evans) Burris. On Jan. 14, 1951, she married Leroy Frayser in Dugger...
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Walter Wesley Fullom, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/28/05)
Walter Wesley Fullom, Jr., 74, of Odon, passed away at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at his residence. Born Jan. 23, 1931 in Greene County, he was the son of Walter Wesley Fullom, Sr. and Bessie Brookshire Fullom. He was married to Sue (Bickley) Fullom...
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Pamela Jean Goad
(Obituary ~ 01/28/05)
Pamela Jean Goad, 57, of Bloomfield, passed away at 1 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005 at her residence. Born March 5, 1947 in Linton, she was the daughter of James L. and Imogene R. (Richardson) Terrell. On Feb. 14, 1981 she married James E. Goad. She was a cosmetologist for more than 25 years. She owned and operated Pam's Style Shop in Hashtown. She was a member of the Bloomfield United Methodist Church...
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Dorothy M. Hardesty
(Obituary ~ 01/28/05)
Dorothy M. Hardesty, 86, of Ellettsville and formerly of Bucktown and Linton, passed away at 5:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005 at Richland Bean Blossom Nursing Home in Ellettsville. Born Dec. 18, 1918 in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of John and Allie Mae Wilson. She had been married to Virgil Hardesty, who passed away in 1992...
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Katherine M. Noel
(Obituary ~ 01/28/05)
Katherine M. Noel, 96, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9:44 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital. Born July 30, 1908 in Elnora, she was the daughter of Ralph and Pearl (Beck) Melsheimer. She had been married to M. Benton Noel, who passed away in 1983...
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Frank Tolen
(Obituary ~ 01/28/05)
Frank Tolen, 88, of Plainfield and formerly of Worthington, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2005 at Avon. Born Oct. 5 1916, he was the son of Leroy and Lilly Tolen. Survivors include: a son Kenneth Tolen of Indianapolis, two daughters, Betty Bradley of Plainfield and Virginia Griffith of Morgantown; 10 grandchildren; and two sisters, Anna Shilkett of Linton and Lena Wilson of Alabama...
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Eastern Greene wins fifth straight SWIAC title
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds are celebrating an outright SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference title after defeating the Clay City Eels Thursday, 52-39, at Eastern Heights. Lucy Fager scored 13 points to lead the T-Birds to their 12th victory of the season and a perfect 7-0 conference mark...
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Bloomfield girls rout North Daviess
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/05)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Bloomfield girls basketball team wrapped up its Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference portion of the schedule Wednesday with a 46-28 win over the North Daviess Cougars in Glover Gymnasium. The win gave the Cardinals slim hopes of capturing a share of the title. ...
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Girls sectional draw set for Sunday
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/05)
This Sunday, girls basketball teams around the state will learn their paths to a sectional championship when the Indiana High School Athletic Association releases its 2005 sectional draw. Area teams in the class A sectional will compete at Clay City. Bloomfield, Union, White River Valley, and Shakamak will all test their skills in hopes of sectional glory...
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Eminence tops Shakamak in Tri-River game
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/05)
EMINENCE ---- It has been a long season for Jon Miller and his Lady Lakers of Shakamak. They've not won a game this season, but if you spoke with Coach Miller, he'd tell you his team is getting better compared to where they were early in the year...
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Departmentalizing a success at Eastern Greene
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- All four of the sixth-grade teachers at Eastern Greene Elementary School agree that departmentalizing the sixth grade into four sections has been a positive step toward ensuring a smooth transition from elementary to junior high school...
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Eastern Heights YMCA seeking help with programs
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
The Eastern Heights YMCA is looking to construct a new building which could possibly result in more classes and programs being offered. The YMCA recently received a $50,000 focus fund planning grant from the Indiana Department of Commerce. The grant money is being used to conduct a feasibility study...
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Arthur teaches more than just the basics
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
One local junior high teacher keeps busy by not only teaching English, math, resource, science and geography to an array of students, but she also teaches the importance of helping others while being a sponsor to student council and cheerleading. Stephanie Arthur, Bloomfield Junior High teacher, says, "I love my job. ...
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Crouch defends her decision to demote foreman
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
First-term commissioner Kathy Crouch defends her demotion of highway department garage foreman Mike Bond on Jan. 4 by saying the move was made in the best interest of the productivity and efficiency of the eastside garage. She denies that the move was made for political or retaliation reasons...
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Bloomfield board addresses security concerns
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
Building security concerns will be addressed by the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees following action Thursday night. The board agreed to have an architect draw preliminary sketches and present cost estimates of moving the junior-senior high school office and a look at other security concerns around building's access points...
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Beard, Hasler, Hennette
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
STAFF WRITER The recent publication in an area newspaper of an "open letter to the Greene County taxpayers" written by newly elected District 1 Greene County Commissioner Kathy Crouch was critical, in part, of the highway department and its past practices...
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Bloomfield School Board meets
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees voted Thursday night to proceed with plans to remodel interior portions of the junior and senior high school buildings affected by the upcoming roof replacement project. The board authorized the administration to have interior remodeling specifications prepared by STR Building Resources, LLC of Chicago, Ill. The firm will be directed to prepare for the advertising for bids...
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FEMA Disaster Recovery Center to open in Linton today
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
State and federal disaster recovery officials are opening a mobile disaster recovery center at the Linton Shopping Center today to assist victims of the recent winter storms and flooding. "Mark Angell was gracious enough to let them set up there," said Greene County Emergency Management Director Roger Axe, whose office took Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on a tour of the county...
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Courthouse update
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
There should be some steel erection activity at the Greene County Courthouse site starting today. That's the word from project manager Jim Corey, who met with two representatives from A2SO4 Architecture, of Indianapolis, on Wednesday and finalized the hiring of the firm to complete architecture and engineering services on the $10.5 million renovation/addition project...
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IDEM rep explains E. coli concern
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
Since 1996 , First Creek and some of its tributaries in Greene, Daviess and Martin counties have been identified by state officials as having higher than standard levels of E. coli bacterial contamination. Faulty septic systems, wildlife, confined-livestock feeding operations and small livestock located along the waterway have been tabbed as the prime sources of the local contamination in the First Creek Watershed Area, according to a study now under way by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).. ...
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Linton JH students donation $1,700 to Red Cross
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
Although the Dec. 26 tsunami occurred thousands of miles away, Linton-Stockton Junior High students wanted to do their part to help those in need. Earlier this month, junior high students conducted a penny war and raised over $1,700 for the American Red Cross...
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Linton man arrested Friday morning
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
Shad D. Hancock, 28, Linton, was arrested this morning after a search warrant was served at his residence and Linton Police Department officers found methamphetamine, marijuana and paraphernalia. Hancock is preliminarily charged with possession of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a youth program center, a B felony; maintaining a common nuisance, a D felony; possession of marijuana, and possession of paraphernalia, both A misdemeanors...
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New business opens in Linton
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
If you're looking for reasonably priced, high quality bedding, linens, window coverings, pillows and other home decorating items, look no further than Heart and Home Boutique. Heart and Home Boutique, located inside Hometown Furniture on the corner of Main and A Streets, is owned by David and Terry Davis of Linton...
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Preble helps with tsunami relief efforts
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
The military as well as other governmental agencies are doing their part to send disaster relief in the wake of the Dec. 26 tsunami, and those efforts include the help of a Linton man. John Preble, who works as a scientist at Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, has been at the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) located near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, since Jan. 18. He's worked with PACOM as a Navy Reserve Officer since October 2001...
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Local schools listed as 'best buy'
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
Linton-Stockton High School, Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School and Eastern Greene Junior-Senior High School were among Hoosier high schools offering the highest educational achievement levels for the lowest amount of tax dollars, according to a recent report released by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce...
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County officials to meet about courthouse
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
The Greene County Commissioners will meet in special session at 8 a.m. on Friday to discuss and act on a proposed resolution that deals with special financing provisions that will be needed to complete the county courthouse addition/renovation project...
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Linton-Stockton Chamber has a lot of activities scheduled
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
Wow! The Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet was a great success. Many thanks again to all involved. February is approaching fast and our next couple of events are just around the corner. Each year we support tourism in Greene County by manning a booth for a 10-day stretch at the The Indianapolis Boat, Sport & Travel Show, Feb. ...
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School receiving feedback on trimester idea
(Local News ~ 01/28/05)
According to one Linton-Stockton High School official, the school has been receiving positive feedback regarding trimester scheduling. High School Principal Nick Karazsia said the school conducted the second of four public meetings regarding the scheduling change Thursday night...
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Area sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/05)
Game time for Shakamak-North Central The athletic department would like to remind fans of the Shakamak Lakers' boys basketball team that Saturday's road contest against North Central will have an 8:00 p.m. varsity start time with the junior varisty game beginning at 6:30 p.m...
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