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Crane future could be decided by September
(Local News ~ 02/04/05)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Linton resident Nyle Riegle has a real passion for the place he worked as an engineer for 36 years. Now in his civil service retirement years, he has made it a nearly full-time job telling lawmakers, community business and governmental leaders, as well as anyone else that will listen that Crane Division Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) is worth preserving and keeping a vital part of the economy in Greene County, southwestern Indiana and the entire state of Indiana...
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Area sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/05)
Meeting Tuesday for interested baseball coaches There will be a meeting Tuesday night, February 8 for anyone interested in becoming a coach for the Linton baseball league. The meeting will start at 8:00 p.m. and will take place at the East shelter house. Anyone interested in coaching a team should attend...
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Eastern Greene tops Barr Reeve by 17
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds closed out their regular season and will head into the Paoli sectional after a 47-30 win over the Barr-Reeve Vikings Thursday in girls high school basketball action. Before the game members of the T-Birds team honored their lone senior leader, Stephanie Turpin...
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Cardinals, Lakers both have thoughts of advancing
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/05)
Yes, Shakamak hasn't won a game this season. It's pretty repetitive if you ask Jon Miller. But if you think Bloomfield coach Jim Rose is coming in to the Clay City Sectional this Tuesday thinking about who his team will play Friday, you're sadly mistaking...
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Linton has tough road to sectional title
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/05)
It just seemed as if it were fate when the Linton Miners drew the Mitchell Bluejackets for Game 1 of the 2005 Paoli Sectional. Like many coaches, Mike Riggleman is no exception when it comes to wanting the bye game. He's openly admitted on several occasions that playing in the bye game would have been the ideal situation for his team...
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Mary G. Terhune Richardson
(Obituary ~ 02/04/05)
ELLETTSVILLE ---- Mary G. Terhune Richardson, 86, of Ellettsville and formerly of Switz City, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005 at Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center. Born Nov. 11, 1918 in Switz City, she was the daughter of John and Nora (Johnson) Gastineau...
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Madeline C. Kennedy
(Obituary ~ 02/04/05)
Madeline C. Kennedy, 86, of Bloomfield and formerly of Sullivan, passed away at 4:55 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 in Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born Oct. 11, 1918 in Jersey City, N.J., she was the daughter of Peter and Ethel (Boyle) Bressler...
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Betty Frith
(Obituary ~ 02/04/05)
Betty Frith, 78, of Worthington, passed away at 4 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 at Carl Arbors Nursing Center in Sovoy, Ill. Born June 30, 1926 in Longview, Ill., she was the daughter of Willie E and Ella (Rankin) Bivens. She had been married to Earl W. "Bob" Frith, who passed away Dec. 1, 1995...
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Terry L. Davidson
(Obituary ~ 02/04/05)
MUNCIE ---- Terry L. Davidson, 52, of Muncie, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005 in Ball Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. Born Aug. 29, 1952 in New Castle, he was the son of Dallas and Carol Mercer. He graduated from Muncie Southside High School in 1972. ...
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One injured in Thursday crash
(Local News ~ 02/04/05)
Ronnie L. Goodman, Sullivan, was transported to Sullivan County Community Hospital after an early morning accident on State Road 54 at County Road 1500 West on Thursday. Goodman was eastbound on S.R. 54 in a 1998 Daewoo when Donald R. Neff, Jasonville, who was southbound on CR 1500 W, pulled into his path. Indiana State Police Trooper Harry Bedwell responded to the accident...
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Easements in Sandborn need to be signed by April 1
(Local News ~ 02/04/05)
SANDBORN ---- Sandborn residents were told at a public meeting Thursday night that easements for the proposed wastewater project need to be signed by April 1. To date, clerk-treasurer Linda Hancock said there are still 100 unsigned easement papers. Grant administrator Tina Henderson said, "It will save you money if you sign the easements," Henderson told the many Sandborn citizens attending the meeting. ...
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Sandborn Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 02/04/05)
SANDBORN ---- Leota Brinson was elected president of the Sandborn Town Council for the year 2005 during a meeting Thursday night. She was also named as the council's representative to monthly Southern Indiana Development Commission (SIDC) board of director meetings...
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Driving while talking on cell phone not wise
(Local News ~ 02/04/05)
Numerous studies and statistics suggest that using cell phones while driving is dangerous, and the results from a recent study support that. A study, recently published in the winter issue of Human Factors, a quarterly journal, said that the reaction time of drivers using cell phones is dramatically slower than the reaction time of drivers not using cell phones...
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Dorothy O. New
(Local News ~ 02/04/05)
Dorothy O. New, 86, of Bloomfield, passed away at 4:20 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 at her residence. Born April 10, 1918 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Jacob E. and Cecil (Shaffer) Linthicum. She had been married to Ernest J. New, who passed away Jan. 28, 1978...
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Man burned at Shakamak State Park
(Local News ~ 02/04/05)
An early morning today fire at Shakamak State Park resulted in injuries to one person. According to Jerry Jordan of the Clay County Sheriff's Department, Lewis Township Fire Department was dispatched to Shakamak State Park, located at 6265 West State Road 48, at 2 a.m...
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Eastern Greene students learn to help others
(Local News ~ 02/04/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Eastern Greene Elementary School students have put character traits learned in the classroom into action on the street by helping those less fortunate stay warm this winter. At Eastern, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students in Kim Hill's character education classes study various good character traits each week...
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DNA kits can help parents in time of need
(Local News ~ 02/04/05)
Child abductions are occurring more often in the world today, leaving parents asking what they can do to protect their children. Scott Allen, a senior trooper with the Indiana State Police, suggests using DNA collections kits. Allen said the kits aid in identifying individuals involved in missing persons cases...
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Pigg looking for leadership in sectional run
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/05)
The White River Valley girls' basketball team has faced adversity all season long. With players injured and the transfer of one of their top scorers, coach Joe Pigg and his Wolverines can make everything worth while with a victory Tuesday against North Central in the first round of the Clay City Sectional...
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