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Cattle a big part of Campbell's life
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- For one Bloomfield, girl showing cattle is a big part of her life. Angie Campbell, who has shown cattle for eight years, said she loves showing the animals. "I've grown up on a farm and it's (showing cattle) just part of it," she said. "Of course the best part is winning ---- when all your hard work finally pays off...
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All-Area softball team named
(High School Sports ~ 07/13/05)
It was a combination of several factors that allowed the sports staff and the Linton Daily Citizen/The Evening World to come to the tough decision to name Linton junior Randi George the 2005 All-Area Player of the Year for softball George was selected to the team as a third baseman, but after analyzing the tremendous season the junior had, the decision was made to honor her hard-work...
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Florence Hazle Spelts
(Obituary ~ 07/13/05)
Florence Hazle Spelts, 84, of Linton, passed away at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 11, 2005 at her residence in Linton. Born March 8, 1921 in Clay City, she was the daughter of Benjamin America and Pheobe (Skeling) Everwine. She worked at Tyree's Bus Stop in Linton as a waitress and was a homemaker. ...
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Floy Effie Collins Everwine
(Obituary ~ 07/13/05)
Floy Effie Collins Everwine, 100, of Clay City passed away Monday, July 11, 2005 in the Shakamak Good Samaritan Center in Jasonville. Born Sept. 13, 1904 in Clay County, she was the daughter of James and Rosetta Duncan Collins. On Sept. 20, 1924, she married Alfred Fourth "Hap" Everwine in Brazil...
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Wanda Byrer
(Obituary ~ 07/13/05)
Wanda Byrer, 81, of Odon, passed away at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at her residence. Born Feb. 26, 1924 in Clay City, she was the daughter of Ralph and Rosalie (Flynn) Miller. She had been married to Norman Byrer, who passed away May 22, 1984...
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Official explains how system does business
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
CARLISLE ---- During the Wabash Valley Correctional Institute's Legislative Tour Day, Commissioner J. David Donahue said that, "Bad things will happen in good prisons. That's a reality." On Jan. 10, Donahue was appointed commissioner by Gov. Mitch Daniels, and since then he has looked for alternatives in the way prisons do business...
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Program helps inmates beat meth
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
CARLISLE ---- The CLIFF (Clean Lifestyles Is Freedom Forever) treatment program at the Wabash Valley Correctional Institute in Carlisle is a treatment program designed to rehabilitate inmates who are methamphetamine addicts through the use of a three-phase program...
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Worthington Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
WORTHINGTON ---- At the Worthington Town Council meeting Tuesday night, the council announced that there would be another meeting to establish a Cumulative Capital Development Municipality Fund on July 18 at 6 p.m. The council voted to apply for the fund at the June meeting and stipulated that the fund would be restricted for the purchase of emergency vehicles only...
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4-H youth demonstrate tractor-driving skills
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- Using a small John Deere farm tractor, Jimmy Inman carefully backed a two-wheeled wagon into a roped-off area barely wider than the wagon itself. The task was part of a driving course in which the fourth-year 4-H member from Bloomfield showed his tractor-driving skills to judges. Inman said he had to drive the course both forward and backward. To top it off, he had to do it in 10 minutes and in a light rain...
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Eastern Greene School Board meets
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- During the Eastern Greene School Board meeting Tuesday, the board approved the hiring of Melanie Sims and Nathan May, both elementary school teachers. The board also accepted the resignation of James Hornick who was an elementary teacher, head golf coach and assistant football coach...
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Roach, Arthur win contest
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- Collin Roach and Daelyn Arthur were named 2005 Greene County Little Miss and Mister at a competition Tuesday night at the fairgrounds. Felicity Graf and Trevor Smith were named first runner-ups. Candyce Egnew, who has been in charge of the contest for two years, said its purpose is to boost community involvement...
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Writer to speak at Bloomfield library
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
Marla Day, a well known cozy mystery writer, will visit the Bloomfield Eastern Greene County Public Library on Thursday at 3 p.m. to share her thoughts about her novels, her life as a writer and the publishing process. Day, a native Hoosier who hails from a small southern Indiana town near Vincennes, has had three novels published, and the fourth, a juvenile mystery, is in the editing stage...
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Greene County Building Corp. accepts BAN
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
The Greene County Building Corp. finalized paperwork Tuesday for a $2.5 million loan. Corporation members had accepted a proposal from People's Trust Co. for a bond anticipation note (BAN) in June. Tuesday they approved a resolution authorizing the sale of bonds or BAN for use in the renovation and expansion of the courthouse...
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Sens. Bayh, Lugar promote Crane
(Local News ~ 07/13/05)
WASHINGTON, D.C. ---- U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, along with Sen. Richard Lugar, on Tuesday met with the Chairman of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission to urge him to re-evaluate the decision to move jobs from Crane and to praise the decision to move 3,500 new jobs to the Defense Financial and Accounting Service (DFAS) center in Indianapolis...
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Boggs, Sandberg deserving of Hall of Fame
(High School Sports ~ 07/13/05)
At the end of this month, Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs will be made immortal: They will enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. The Hall of Fame is probably the source of many baseball fans' favorite debates. One big question is whether or not, in the modern era, hitting 500 home runs in a career is worthy of induction into the hall. ...
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