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Linton named NASA Explorer School
(Local News ~ 05/20/05)
The Linton-Stockton School Corporation recently received exciting news ---- it was named a 2005 NASA Explorer School. Being named a NASA Explorer School is a very prestigious honor, elementary principal Kent Brewer said. Only 150 schools in the nation and only two schools in Indiana earned the designation...
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Miners knocked out of tennis sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/05)
GREENCASTLE ---- On Thursday, the postseason officially began for the Linton High School girls' tennis team, but things didn't turnout they way the Miners had hoped. The Miners faced South Putnam in the first round of the Northview Tennis Sectional, falling to the Eagles, 5-0, thanks to a slew of early unforced errors that seemed to wear the Miners down as time went on...
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Sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/05)
Gene Miiller coached Vincennes Lincoln's basketball team against archrival Washington for 17 years. When next season tips off, Miiller will find himself on the opposite bench. Today, Miiller will officially be named as Washington's new head basketball coach, according to the Vincennes Sun-Commercial. Miiller has spent the last seven seasons coaching at Lafayette Jefferson High School in Class 4A...
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Lady Cardinals looking forward to sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/05)
BLOOMFIELD - Bloomfield's softball team has had an up-and-down 2005 season, scattering their wins and losses. Now the Lady Cardinals have their eyes on one destination: The Clay City softball sectional next week, where they will face North Central in the opening round...
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Miners take aim at softball sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/05)
If you think the Linton softball team has forgotten what they went through last season in the championship game of the South Knox Sectional in 2004, then think again. Not only have they not forgotten about it, but it's almost become an obsession for them as they were denied a sectional crown by the 2004 host Spartans...
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Bloomfield third in golf match
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/05)
CORY ---- Bloomfield's golf team finished third Thursday night when they faced Clay City and Edgewood at Hoosier Hills. The Cardinals finished with a final score of 180. Host Clay City finished first with an overall score of 141, followed by Edgewood with 147...
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Morris Edward Scutt
(Obituary ~ 05/20/05)
COLUMBIA CITY ---- Morris Edward Scutt, 92, of Columbia City, passed away at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2005 surrounded by his family at home. Born June 20, 1912 in Evansville, he was the son of George A and Clara Anna (Blick) Scutt. On Aug. 7, 1946, he married Betty K. Eaton at Corydon. They have been married for 58 years...
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HOSTETTLER AMENDS, SUPPORTS DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL
(Local News ~ 05/20/05)
WASHINGTON, D.C. ---- The House Armed Services Committee on Thursday passed a bill authorizing Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2006, including several projects and policies added by U.S. Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) to benefit Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center and the Crane Army Ammunition Activity...
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WRV School Board meets
(Local News ~ 05/20/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- Staffing issues were discussed in detail at the White River Valley Board of School Trustees regular meeting Thursday night. At last month's meeting, the board unanimously voted to RIF (Reducation In Force) LuAnne Allen, Rene Welch and Bob Montgomery, however, all three teachers were rehired Thursday night...
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Shakamak School Board meets
(Local News ~ 05/20/05)
Summer school staff, dates and times were approved by the Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of Trustees at their regular meeting Thursday night. Elementary summer school will be July 18-Aug. 5, and junior high summer school will be July 18-Aug. 11. Both will meet 8 a.m.-noon for the convenience of using the same transportation...
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Wall, DNR have day in court
(Local News ~ 05/20/05)
JASONVILLE ---- Sandra L. Jensen, an administrative law judge for the Natural Resources Commission (NRC), heard arguments from both sides Thursday in the case of Kent "Opie" Wall versus the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Wall appealed to the commission Feb. ...
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Students have fun learning math
(Local News ~ 05/20/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Eastern Greene Elementary conducted its annual math fair Thursday in the elementary gymnasium. The math fair involves the fifth- and sixth-grade students by allowing them to make up a math game for the younger elementary students, Amy Goodwin, sixth-grade math teacher said...
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Library board approves moving forward with project
(Local News ~ 05/20/05)
The Margaret Cooper Public Library Board of Trustees voted Thursday night to give permission for architect, Timothy Fleck of Woollen, Moizan and Partners, Inc. to proceed forward on the new library project. The board also consulted with library attorney John Rowe and financial advisor Richard Treptow to keep the project under $2 million...
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Historical Society asks for county's help
(Local News ~ 05/20/05)
Members of the Greene County Historical Society called on the county commissioners Tuesday morning to assist the organization in the establishment of a permanent building that can serve as an office and a museum to preserve valuable records. Former county historian James Letsinger of rural Bloomfield, and Historical Society president Linda Sharp, of Bloomfield, addressed the commissioners concerning the need for the building...
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Community awareness leads to meth bust
(Local News ~ 05/20/05)
Kathryn G. Swinscoe, 43, Jasonville, and Tim D. Wogoman Jr., 35, Coalmont, were arrested Thursday night for possession of precursors with intent to manufacture. Linton Patrol Officer Paul Clark received a report of the couple purchasing ether at the BP gas station. ...
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Linton track athletes advance to regional
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/05)
TERRE HAUTE ---- For the Linton Miners' track and field team, the Terre Haute North Sectional was filled with several highs and some unfortunate lows, but overall, Linton coach Aaron Lynn deems the meet a success for his Miners after they finished fourth Thursday afternoon...
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