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Shakamak students raise money for hurricane victims
(Local News ~ 10/12/05)
JASONVILLE -- Students at Shakamak Elementary School recently raised money to help those in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. On Monday, sixth-grade students Brier Collins, Jazmine Martin, MiKayla Crane, Emmalee Gilbert, Lacey Gilbert and Zach Hubbard presented a check for $1,333 to Pastor Keith Long, Greene County's liaison for the Salvation Army...
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Lady Miners advance to cross country sectional
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
NASHVILLE -- Under first-year coach Mike Riggleman, the Linton girls cross country team captured the triple crown in winning the Greene County Invitational, the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference and Tri-River Conferences all in the same year...
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Witt advances to cross country regional
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
NASHVILLE -- One of the area participants in yesterday's Brown County boys' cross country sectional is on his way to the regional meet Saturday. For everyone else, the season ended is over. Anthony Witt of Shakamak was the sole area runner to make it out of the sectional meet, finishing 15th in yesterday's race with a time of 17:14.48...
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Cross country
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
BROWN COUNTY GIRLS SECTIONAL Team Results 1. Bloomington South 43, 2. Bloomington North 45, 3. Brown County 118, 4. Owen Valley 130, 5. Linton-Stockton 142, 6. Edgewood 154, 7. Bloomfield 178, 8. Martinsville 192, 9. White River Valley 194, 10. Shakamak 211...
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Eastern Greene falls short in sectional
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
BEDFORD -- The season came to a close for the Eastern Greene boys cross country team Tuesday. No one from Easter advanced to Saturday's regional meet, as the Thunderbirds finished seventh in the team standings and had no individuals finishing in the top 15...
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Lady Thunderbirds advance to cross country regional
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
BEDFORD -- The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds' cross country team advanced to this Saturday's regional action after a solid fourth place showing at the Bedford North Lawrence sectional Tuesday night at the BNL course in Bedford. The Thunderbirds finished with 99 points, well ahead of Seymour, who edged out Mitchell for the fifth and final slot...
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Eastern Greene's JV football team finishes strong
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
Eastern Greene's junior varsity football team ended the season in impressive fashion, closing the door on the 2005 season with three straight wins. The three-game streak began at Eastern (Pekin), where the T-Birds captured their first win of the season, 12-6...
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Nets 105, Pacers 103
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Zoran Planinic's driving layup with 5.9 seconds left gave the New Jersey Nets a 105-103 preseason victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night, spoiling Ron Artest's return to the NBA. Indiana's Jimmie Hunter had tied the score 103-103 on a 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining. Planinic took the inbounds pass from midcourt and drove the right side for the winning points. Nets rookie Antoine Wright then stole the ball from Indiana's Eddie Gill...
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Artest says he won't back down on the court
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Anyone expecting a kinder, gentler Ron Artest on the court this season is likely to come away disappointed. "I'm going to continue playing hard and out of control, like a wild animal that needs to be caged in," Artest said Tuesday night before the Indiana Pacers faced the New Jersey Nets in the preseason opener for both teams. "I'll let the referees handle it."...
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Shakamak ups volleyball record to 21-7
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
VINCENNES -- Shakamak's volleyball team improved its record to 21-7 last night with a win over South Knox. The Lady Lakers emerged on top in three games, 25-17, 25-13, 25-17. "We did really well," Shakamak coach Jeri Morin said. "It's hard to get motivated when the other team isn't as motivated, and South Knox just didn't do very well last night."...
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James O. Modesitt
(Obituary ~ 10/12/05)
James O. Modesitt, 64, of Linton, passed away at 11:04 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005 at his residence. Born March 2, 1941 in Brazil, he was the son of Arthur O. and Wanetta (Lovett) Modesitt. On Nov. 7, 1959 he married Marylnn Kay (Walters) Modesitt. He worked as a department supervisor at Logan Clay Products in Brazil and as a Correctional Sargent at the Branchville Training Center in Tell City...
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Lois V. Jeffers
(Obituary ~ 10/12/05)
Lois V. Jeffers, 85, of Bloomfield, passed away at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, 2005 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born Jan. 14, 1920 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Blumer Hasler and Ethel Foster. She had been married to Louis A. Jeffers, who passed away April 5, 2001...
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Jasonville City Council discusses mobile homes
(Local News ~ 10/12/05)
JASONVILLE -- Mobile home permits were a main topic at the regular meeting of the Jasonville City Council Tuesday night. Ron Fox has requested permission to locate two mobile home parks in the city. In one place, two more mobile homes would be moved in around an existing 1971 trailer previously owned by Chuck McKinley. Ownership of that 12-foot by 60-foot trailer was recently transferred to Fox...
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Apple Festival meeting set for tonight
(Local News ~ 10/12/05)
This year's Bloomfield Apple Festival was almost perfect with just one slight exception. According to Leroy Barnhill, chairperson of the Apple Festival, a band had to be shut down. "I should have listened to them before the festival. But I didn't," he explained...
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MSDS steps up security during 2005 ISTEP testing
(Local News ~ 10/12/05)
Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress Plus (ISTEP+) went without a hitch in the Metropolitan School District of Shakamak this year, according to the corporation's ISTEP coordinator and high school principal, Vanessa Hodge. During the 2004-05 school year, the corporation was plagued with accusations of irregularities in the testing process and the consequential investigations. ...
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Family says Indiana soldier killed in Iraq
(Local News ~ 10/12/05)
PAXTON, Ind. (AP) -- A soldier from southwestern Indiana died during an attack in Iraq, his father said. Staff Sgt. Matthew Kimmell, 30, was killed when on a military vehicle he was riding in came under attack, said Larry Kimmell of Paxton, the soldier's father. Paxton said Army personnel told him Tuesday of his son's death...
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New Bloomfield teacher excited
(Local News ~ 10/12/05)
By Timberly Ferree, STAFF WRITER A new face has been seen around the hallways of Bloomfield High School this year. Kyle von Almen, newly hired government and world history teacher, is excited about his new job at BHS and hopes to bring this enthusiasm to his classroom...
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Worthington Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 10/12/05)
WORTHINGTON -- The Worthington Town Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night for a resolution supporting Southern Indiana Development Commission's grant application from the Environmental Protection Agency. Michelle Carrico from SIDC told the council that if the grant is awarded towns could be on the list to check for Brownfields. She said that the grant would be in two phases, a $400,000 grant to study the area and a $200,000 grant for the actual testing...
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Traffic stops lead to drug busts
(Local News ~ 10/12/05)
Two separate traffic stops resulted in drug arrests for the Jasonville Police Department last week. At about 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 6, JPD Officer Ryan Van Horn stopped Donald L. Keller, 18, at the intersection of State Roads 48 and 159. Officers had been looking for Keller to serve him a Clay County warrant for petition to revoke...
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Anthony A. Alsman
(Obituary ~ 10/12/05)
Anthony A. Alsman, 32, of Sandborn, passed away at 2:29 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Funeral service is pending at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton. Final arrangements will be posted at www.andersonpoindexter.com...
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Ruth Esther Deykes
(Obituary ~ 10/12/05)
BLOOMINGTON -- Ruth Esther Deykes, 73, formerly of Bloomington, passed away Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005, at her home in Chugiak, Alaska. Born Feb. 2, 1932 in Dunmore, Pa., she was the daughter of Anthony and Grace Bonarrigo. She married her high school sweetheart Lowell Deykes. They had been together for 51 years before he passed away...
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WRV falls to Clay City in volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/05)
CLAY CITY -- White River Valley lost on the volleyball court last night when they visited Clay City. The Lady Eels defeated WRV in four games, 11-25, 25-19, 15-25, 18-25. "I wasn't disappointed in a lot of ways, but there were a lot of little things that got us that we're definitely going to have to work on before [sectionals]," WRV coach Becky Borter said...
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