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Friends take their shot at 15-pound cheeseburger
(Local News ~ 06/22/05)
While surfing the Internet during class, one local high school student ran across an interesting Web site that sparked an idea that started as a joke but turned into a road trip. Brock Garrison, a Linton-Stockton 2005 graduate, explained that he "Googled" the world's largest cheeseburger and found a site that led him and four of his friends to Clearfield, Pa...
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Commissioners address several issues
(Local News ~ 06/22/05)
Several people spoke to the Greene County Commissioners at their Tuesday morning meeting, asking for their assistance. Becky Guthrie, director of Ride Solutions, asked them to keep the service in their budget for the coming year. Guthrie told the commissioners that Ride Solutions, which began in 2001, increased its number of trips from the previous year and bought a new van that's easily accessed by the handicapped. ...
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Family hopes fundraiser will raise awareness
(Local News ~ 06/22/05)
One Bloomfield-area family is raising money for a cause that hits close to home. Ashley Page's 4-year-old son Zackary has an undiagnosed dysmorphic syndrome. Undiagnosed dysmorphic syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that occurs when a patient has characteristics of a syndrome, but does not have a pattern of symptoms that match a specific disorder. There are numerous different types of dysmorphic syndromes...
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Greene County Gospel Association to continue tradition July 3
(Local News ~ 06/22/05)
Since the 1990s the Greene County Gospel Association has been entertaining the crowds year after year at Humphreys Park during the Linton Freedom Festival. The association will bring traditional Southern gospel music and singing to the park July 3 from 2-5 p.m...
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Newberry denied grant for fire truck
(Local News ~ 06/22/05)
After a recent house fire in April, and the Town of Newberry relying on six other fire departments for assistance with the fire, Greg Porter, Newberry Volunteer Fire Department chief, knows the town is in need of a new fire truck. But the town was recently denied a Department of Commerce grant to help purchase a fire truck for the second time in a row...
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Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce meets
(Local News ~ 06/22/05)
Tracy Keen, president of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce, announced at Tuesday's monthly meeting that the Freedom Open Golf Scramble was a success. Of the 15 teams entered, the first-place team consisted of Greg Elliott, Brian Ward, Brian Sparks and Justin Dodd...
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Dalton Lee Alsman
(Obituary ~ 06/22/05)
Dalton Lee Alsman of Lyons was stillborn at 2:09 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital, Linton. His parents are Justin L. and Jenifer Marie (Stanley) Alsman of Lyons. Other survivors include: his grandparents, Ron and Patricia Garland of Lyons, John Stanley of Chesterfield, and Rick and Tammy Alsman of Marco; and great-grandparents, Linda and Larry Alsman of Linton, Gerald and Revia DeVore of Lyons, and Vivian Stanley of Canada...
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Karl E. Keller
(Obituary ~ 06/22/05)
Karl E. Keller, 76, of Jasonville, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Center. Arrangements are pending at McClanahan-Lee Funeral Home in Jasonville.
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Elsie (Shields) Strauser
(Obituary ~ 06/22/05)
Elsie (Shields) Strauser, 101, of Rensselaer and formerly of Bloomfield, passed away at 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at her residence. Born May 7, 1904 in Center Township, Greene County, she was the daughter of James H. and Florence (Bough) Shields. She had been married to Raleigh E. Strauser, who passed away Dec. 19, 1985...
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