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No drop in sight for gas prices; maintain autos for fuel efficiency
(Local News ~ 08/11/05)
The increasing price of gasoline is hitting people hard in the wallet this summer. Crude oil prices briefly reached $65 a barrel Wednesday, then settled at about $64 a barrel, according to news reports from Reuters, Associated Press and MSNBC. They said threats from Saudi Arabia, tension over Iran's nuclear ambitions, and potential for hurricane damage to oil production in the Gulf of Mexico have fueled the price increase...
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Gov. Daniels goes to D.C. to save jobs
(Local News ~ 08/11/05)
WASHINGTON, D.C. ---- Gov. Mitch Daniels on Wednesday made the case for maintaining and strengthening the military value of Surface Naval Warfare Center Crane division, telling a top Pentagon official that the base is well positioned to support "special missions" of the U.S. military...
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Bleachers will not be ready for football scrimmage on Friday
(Local News ~ 08/11/05)
Fans planning on attending Linton-Stockton High School's football scrimmage Friday against Cloverdale will have to bring lawn chairs because the new bleachers will not be ready. L-S High School Principal Nick Karazsia said work is currently being done on the home side bleachers...
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Habitat to build fifth house in Worthington
(Local News ~ 08/11/05)
It will be the fifth house in five years for Greene County's Habitat for Humanity. A building site has been chosen on North Myra Street in Worthington and the Jeff Gilham family has been selected as the partner family for the home. Volunteers are preparing the lot during August, and groundbreaking will be scheduled for early September. Steve Campbell, former White River Valley superintendent, has volunteered to oversee the construction...
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Bloomfield woman injured in car accident in Vigo County
(Local News ~ 08/11/05)
A one-car accident in southern Vigo County on Wednesday sent a Bloomfield woman to the hospital. Brenda Lochkamp, 66, was traveling north on U.S. 41 when her 1999 Chevy Lumina left the road and struck a mailbox. The vehicle continued along a guardrail and came to rest in an embankment, where Lochkamp and a passenger ---- who was a minor ---- were trapped...
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Jean Johnson
(Obituary ~ 08/11/05)
Emma Jean Johnson, 82, of Bloomfield, passed away at 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005 at Glenburn Home. Born Sept. 16, 1922 in Taylor Township, she was the daughter of Herbert Cecil and Margaret (Baird) Hostettler. On Feb. 1, 1942, she married Donald M. Johnson. He passed away Nov. 3, 2002. They had been married 60 years...
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Mary E. Padgett
(Obituary ~ 08/11/05)
Mary Edith Padgett, 91, of Linton, passed away at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005 at her residence. Born Sept. 22, 1913 in Linton, she was the daughter of Ray and Mamie (Cullison) Chaney. She had been married to Logan Scott Padgett who passed away Oct. 3, 1966...
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