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Property owners to get fee from ditch returned
(Local News ~ 03/10/05)
The more than 425 property owners living along the Howesville Ditch in Greene, Owen and Clay counties will be getting a refund for money they have contributed the last two years for a maintenance fee. The Joint Drainage Board of Greene, Clay and Owen counties voted Tuesday to return more than $44,500 that has been collected since 2002 from the taxpayers who live along the ditch in the three-county area...
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Area sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/05)
Graves named CBS Sportsline Newcomer of the Year A.J. Graves, 2004 White River Valley graduate, was recently named as CBS Sportsline's Horizon League's Freshman of the year. Graves, a freshman at Butler University, averaged 11.1 points per game this season and finished as one of the nations best free throw shooters with an .919 free throw percentage...
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Cardinals land three on All-Area First Team
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/05)
After winning their first sectional and regional title since its state championship run in 1998, Bloomfield's girls basketball team had high hopes of advancing to another state title round in 2005, but a heartbreaking loss to Northeast Dubois in the Southridge Semistate prevented that dream from becoming reality...
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Leona Anna Harrah
(Obituary ~ 03/10/05)
Leona Anna Harrah, 86, of Indianapolis and formerly of Newark, passed away at 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at Harbor Side Health Care in Indianapolis. Born Oct. 10, 1918 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Harry Ray and Edith (Tally) Buckner. She had been married to Audley Freeman Harrah, who passed away in 1977...
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Used cell phones can help program
(Local News ~ 03/10/05)
That old, outdated, unwanted cell phone laying around the house or office can still provide a valuable link to safety or shelter for area victims of domestic violence and sexual assault thanks to a program that is new to Greene County. The phones, which don't even have to be in working order, can now be donated to a unique program sponsored by Middle Way House that puts them in the hands of the people who need to have a way to contact law enforcement officers in the event of an emergency. ...
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White River Valley to host career day
(Local News ~ 03/10/05)
Students at White River Valley High School will soon get a chance to participate in a career day and get information on a variety of careers that interest them. On March 15, WRV will host a Career Awareness Program for students in grades nine through 12. The program, which will last from 12:30 p.m. until the end of the school day, will focus on different careers and what options students have as far as jobs and careers are concerned...
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Emery doing his part to keep flags flying
(Local News ~ 03/10/05)
Bloomfield resident and World War II veteran Jerden Emery says he is grateful to the public for responding positively to an appeal he made several months ago for donations to help the U.S. flag fly proudly over the Greene County Veteran's Memorial Bridge ---- located on State Road 54, just west of the town limits...
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Clay City man killed in traffic accident
(Local News ~ 03/10/05)
CLAY CITY ---- A two-vehicle traffic accident claimed the life of a 67-year-old Clay City man early Wednesday morning. Around 6:15 a.m., Rodney Shipley, 23, of Linton, was driving a 1995 Dodge Intrepid on State Road 59 ---- about two miles north of Clay City, near the Connelly Ditch Bridge which crosses the Eel River. Witnesses say he tried to pass a vehicle but slammed head-on into an oncoming car, according to a report filed by Clay County Sheriff's Department Deputy Doug Barr...
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Sheriff's department gets new vests
(Local News ~ 03/10/05)
The Greene County Sheriff's Department recently received new bullet proof vests thanks to a Homeland Security Grant. When Leon Allen took over as sheriff of Greene County in 1999, one of the first things he looked at was applying for a Bureau of Justice assistance grant to replace old bullet proof vests...
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Variety the spice of life for All-Area second team
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/05)
Bloomfield may have dominated the Linton Daily Citizen/The Evening World' s All-Area First team, but the Second Team features five girls from five different teams. What the field does have in common is that four of the five girls listed are sophomores...
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