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Hart retires after 31 years of teaching, coaching
(Local News ~ 05/24/05)
Dugger ---- After 31 years of teaching, Joe Hart, Union High School art teacher, has decided to call it quits. "I'm ready. I've slowed down a lot," said Hart, 61. Hart started his first year of teaching at North Knox Elementary and Junior High School, and the rest of his 30 years were spent at Union, he explained...
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Shoals slips past WRV in baseball, 17-16
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/05)
SHOALS ---- White River Valley's baseball team put on an offensive clinic Monday night. There was just one problem: so did their opponents. Shoals edged the Wolverines 17-16 Monday night in a game that was big on runs and big on errors. While both teams put up big numbers in runs and hits, they tallied an equally massive number of errors...
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Bloomfield, WRV individuals still playing in tennis tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/05)
Bloomfield and WRV may have been knocked out of this weekend's sectional tournament in Loogootee, but some of their players aren't quite done yet. Miranda Helms of Bloomfield and the WRV doubles team of Winter Roudebush and Katie White each picked up victories in matches over the weekend, enabling them to advance to the individual doubles and singles tournament that begins tonight in Jasper...
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Edgewood tops Linton 11-6 in baseball
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/05)
LINTON ---- It's been a week since the Linton Miners' baseball team has seen action on the diamond and it showed Monday night as the Miners fell to Edgewood, 11-6, at Roy Herndon Field. "We hadn't played in a week and I knew we'd come out and be a little rusty," said Linton coach Bart Berns. ...
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North Central tops Bloomfield 3-0 in softball sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/05)
CLAY CITY ---- The season ended Monday night for Bloomfield's softball team. The Lady Cardinals fell to the Ladybirds of North Central 3-0 in the opening game of the Class A sectional tournament. Bloomfield starter Billye Maden started out strong, allowing just two baserunners in the first two innings. She walked North Central's Annika Dawson in the first, and Krista Himebrook managed a second-inning single...
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South Knox knocks off Linton in softball sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/05)
MITCHELL ---- Disappointment is a part of life. Everyone must go through it and it's the ones who learn and move on who will ultimately fulfill their goals and dreams. But for the Linton Miners and softball coach Jill Flater, discontentment has become the norm as to the way their season ends...
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William K. 'Bill' Shake
(Obituary ~ 05/24/05)
William K. 'Bill' Shake, 86, of Sullivan, passed away at 9 p.m. Sunday, May 22, 2005 at Miller's Merry Manor in Sullivan. Born July 25, 1918 in Sullivan, he was the son of James D. and Eula (McCammon) Shake. He was married to Freeda Vae (Johnson) Shake...
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Free gun locks to be handed out Wednesday
(Local News ~ 05/24/05)
Project ChildSafe will host a community safety day event Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. at Wal-Mart in Linton, Amanda LeStage, media coordinator of Project ChildSafe, said. The Linton Police Department will be on hand at the Linton Wal-Mart to distribute 800 free gun locks to the public...
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Greene County Council meets
(Local News ~ 05/24/05)
A planned corn milling operation in Worthington was granted more time on Monday afternoon by the Greene County Council to meet employment projections outlined in a tax abatement agreement signed last year. Corn Flour Producers LLC was expected to begin production in the former ConAgri (the old Pork Plant) building, located on State Road 67, north of Worthington by next month. ...
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Driver loses truck to fire
(Local News ~ 05/24/05)
A semi driver who stopped at Jackson's Sawmill on Monday evening came out of the building to find his rig on fire. Doug Duncan, of Worthington, said he'd dropped off his flatbed trailer and hooked up a log trailer in preparation for a job today. He went inside the sawmill, and when he came out, there was smoke coming from the cab of the 1986 Peterbilt...
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West Gate project moving forward
(Local News ~ 05/24/05)
The planned West Gate at Crane Technology Park moved a step closer to reality Monday afternoon. Greene County Economic Development Corporation Director Charles Dibble told the Greene County Council that the county's phase of the West Gate at Crane project is progressing and he said the county has taken steps to secure some property...
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Police chase goes through Greene County
(Local News ~ 05/24/05)
A police pursuit of an attempted-murder suspect came through Greene County early this morning. Brendon Cliver, 21, of Sullivan, allegedly stabbed Ryan Padgett, 21, of Farmersburg, at 827 N. State St. in Sullivan. When Sullivan city police arrived on the scene, Padgett told them Cliver had stabbed him and stole his pickup truck...
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Wheel Tax will need a second reading
(Local News ~ 05/24/05)
Greene County vehicle owners will continue to pay two taxes designed to provide funds for the repair or construction of roads and streets if a resolution passed Monday afternoon by the county council is formally enacted next month. The Greene County Council voted 6-1 on first reading to continue the Local Option Highway User Tax (LOHUT) for the next two years. ...
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Clay City ends WRV's softball season
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/05)
CLAY CITY ---- White River Valley ended its season with another loss Monday night. The Lady Wolverines softball team dropped the second game of the Class A sectional to host Clay City 13-1 in a game that was never even close. The Eels scorched WRV for 13 hits on the night, and their starting pitcher didn't give the Lady Wolverines a single break...
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