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Greene County 4-Hers honored
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- More than 165 Greene County 4-H members, leaders and alumni were honored Monday night at the annual achievement awards dinner at the fairgrounds. 4-H members, leaders, parents and program supporters that numbered more than 250 turned out for the yearly dinner/awards banquet...
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Fred Jewell Alsman
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Fred Jewell Alsman, 72, of Dugger, passed away at 11:44 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital. Born April 13, 1932 in Dugger, he was the son of William L. and Mattie (Smith) Alsman. He retired from G.E. and was a Navy veteran and a farmer. He was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Linton and the Dugger American Legion...
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Thelma E. (Fish) Breedlove
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
NORMAN ---- Thelma E. (Fish) Breedlove, 85, of Norman, passed away at 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005 at Dunn Memorial Hospital. Born Aug. 2, 1919 in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of James and Lena (Stipp) Cummings. She married Fred Fish in July 1934 and he passed away in 1967. She later married Ira Breedlove on May 6, 1972 and he passed away in December 1989...
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Eva Lucille Gray
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Eva Lucille Gray, 96, passed away at 10:03 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2005 at the Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born June 28, 1908 in Stafford Township, Lyons, she was the daughter of Jesse Lee and Sarah Edith (West) Abram. She was a 1926 graduate of Marco High School and attended Indiana Business College of Indianapolis the following year. ...
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Ariel Hinds
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Ariel Hinds, 93, of Worthington, passed away at 1 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 7, 2005 at the residence of his daughter, Peggy Davis of Worthington. Born March 15, 1911 in Owen County, he was the son of Horace Pleasant and Anna (Goforth) Hinds. He was married to Audrey (Neal) Hinds, who passed away Sept. 3, 1997...
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Ruth V. Medina
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Ruth V. Medina, 93, of Crane, passed away Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005 after a brief stay at Meadowood Health Pavilion. Born June 12, 1912 in Milburg, Mich., she was the daughter of Lloyd A. and Nelle (Phillipiy) Bishop. She was the original clerk and treasurer of the town of Crane from 1965-81...
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Naomi L. Neihart
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Naomi L. Neihart, 87, of Bloomfield, passed away at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005 at Bloomington Hospital. Born May 13, 1917 in Worthington, she was the daughter of Charles and Dora (Williams) DeFrees. In September 1934, she married Clarence Neihart. She was a clerk for Williams Clothing Store in Bloomfield and attended Bloomfield First Baptist Church...
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WRV wins JH girls SWIAC title
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Tonight is the start of the girls high school sectional. Before that, the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference concluded its girls junior high tournament Monday with the equivalent to what the varsity teams strive for each and every year...
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Sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/05)
Basket bingo for Linton softball, baseball The Linton-Stockton High School baseball and softball teams will conduct a basket bingo Feb. 28 at the Linton's Elk's Lodge. Games start at 6:30 p.m. with the doors opening at 5:45 p.m. Cost is $10 for 20 games and $5 for halftime game. Concessions will be available with hamburgers, hot dogs, brownies, cookies and soda...
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Contract talks continue with firm
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
The attorney representing the Greene County Commissioners and the Greene County Building Corporation said preliminary contract talks with the new architectural & engineering firm that has verbally agreed to finish the courthouse project is going well...
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Jasonville resident wins contest, trip to Cancun
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Shelly Van Horn, the wife of Jasonville's chief of police Rick Van Horn, had never won a thing in her life. But that all changed when she received a call from Tom Mulherin at Dorsett Mitsubishi telling her she was the winner of an all-inclusive trip to Cancun in a Super Bowl promotion put on by Dorsett, WTWO-TV and WBAK-Fox 38...
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Switz City Town Council
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- The Switz City Town Council accepted a revised budget for the water project from Brian Bullock, a Midwest engineer at its monthly meeting Monday night. Council president Don Blanton announced that the $51,560.90 saved by deleting the water main along County Road 250 West could be used toward purchasing fire hydrants and building a retaining wall behind the sewage plant...
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Council gives OK for line of credit
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
The Greene County Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday afternoon recommending that the Greene County Commissioners and the Greene County Building Corporation to seek bids for a $2.5 million line of credit from a local financial institution to make up the funding shortfall for the courthouse renovation/addition project...
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Help available Sunday for college-bound students
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
College-bound students and their parents can get help with the financial aid process this weekend at an event called College Goal Sunday. "It's an excellent service," said Sharon Yarber, guidance counselor at Eastern Greene High School. She said people will be available at different locations around the state to help families fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). ...
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Family remembers
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
UNIONTOWN ---- A somber remembrance of loved ones who died too young was marked by a glimmer of celebration Monday afternoon in Jackson County. The parents of Aubra Jad Hiland, who died in a car crash on Indiana 250 near Uniontown, were recently told by state officials that a guardrail would be placed at the site...
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Dugger Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
DUGGER ---- The Dugger County Council is progressing on the Indiana Department of Commerce water improvement project grant. "We should be able to submit the final grant work in March. The application has been filed," explained council president Bill Pirtle...
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Linton considering building project
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
The Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees called a special work session Monday night to discuss building needs. "I wanted to have a work session so we can have time to see what consensus the board has in different areas," L-S Superintendent Ron Bush said. "We're talking about construction projects or what construction needs, what some of our needs are here, what they might be immediate, what they might be short term and long term."...
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Welfare check produces two drug arrests
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Two Linton Police Department patrol officers dispatched to 629 Second Street Northwest to check the welfare of the residents Monday evening arrested two people after smelling burnt marijuana. After speaking with Michael A. Ball, 23, and Jasmine E. Watson, 20, at the home, officers Chad Crynes and Jayson Smith got written permission to search the residence. ...
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County to host public meeting about courthouse
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
A public forum has been scheduled to field questions and give an update on the progress of the Greene County Courthouse renovation/addition project. The informational meeting will be staged at 7 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service's community room, located at the fairgrounds...
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Newberry Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
NEWBERRY ---- The Newberry Town Council launched its own search Monday night to fill a vacant seat on its governing board. The council, down to two members, is seeking to find someone to fill the vacancy created when former council president Lanny Pickett resigned Jan. 3...
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Linton 6th-grade elementary results
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/05)
Linton-Stockton Elementary School's sixth-grade girls basketball team is off to a good start this season. The Lady Miners have a 6-3 record going into tonight's game at Dugger. Linton is coached by Kim Tibbett. The following is a report of their last eight games:...
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