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Firemen give tips to students
(Local News ~ 10/26/05)
Stop, drop and roll, and dialing 911 are a couple of the lessons learned Monday by 13 young students from School Bears Cottage. The 4- and 5-year-olds visited the Linton Fire Department, where firefighters showed them their equipment and living quarters and talked about fire safety. ...
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T-Birds taken for a ride during roller-coaster season
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS -- At the end of 2004, Eastern football coach Jeff Sheehan had a team of less than 30 players and an 0-10 season. Looking back at the 2005 season, it's pretty clear that the Thunderbirds grew up quite a bit over the last two months, having picked up the first two wins in school history...
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Linton football will miss current senior core
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/05)
LINTON -- A 9-0 start and Southwest Seven conference title all seemed for not last Friday night after the Linton Miners were defeated in the opening round of the IHSAA Class A, Sectional 40 tournament to Perry Central. In spite of their regular season success, Linton coach Steve Weber realizes teams are measured by what they do in the post season...
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Miners open practice with high aspirations
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/05)
LINTON -- The Linton-Stockton girls basketball team began practice this week despite missing four of their players due to the success of the Miner volleyball team. After volleyball is finished, Linton coach Mike Riggleman will welcome a roster of 19 girls for the upcoming season...
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Grover C. Bell Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/26/05)
Grover C. Bell, Jr., 83, of Evansville, was reunited with his wife, Agnes, in heaven on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005. He worked for Swift Packing for 24 years and later retired in 1984 from Faultless Caster. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served in the European Theatre during World War II and received many decorations. ...
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Charles R. Dale
(Obituary ~ 10/26/05)
Charles R. Dale, 85, of Linton and formerly of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born June 9, 1920 in Morgantown, he was the son of John Charles and Cecilia (Eaton) Dale. He had been married to Audrey G. Dale, who passed away Aug. 28, 1998...
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Lyons man has initial hearing in court
(Local News ~ 10/26/05)
A Lyons man had an initial hearing in Greene Circuit Court on Monday on a preliminary theft charge. Darrell R. White, 41, Lyons, was arrested Oct. 19 by Indiana State Trooper John Yung. According to a probable cause affidavit written by Yung, he was dispatched to the Becky Richardson residence on a criminal mischief complaint. Once there, Yung learned that Richardson and White had lived together. The two had been a couple, but had separated Oct. 15...
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Cause of Jasonville fire undetermined
(Local News ~ 10/26/05)
A cause has not yet been determined in a Friday fire just outside the city limits of Jasonville. Jasonville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Harold Keller said his department responded to the scene on Shanklin Street around 9 a.m. on Friday. "When we got there, it was burning on the west side of the house," Keller said...
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Linton's natural gas prices will go up
(Local News ~ 10/26/05)
With the increase in gas prices, many consumers have been left wondering just how much of a jump they can expect to see in their upcoming heating bills. "We're looking at a 40 percent increase compared to last winter," explained Brent Slover, general manager of Linton Municipal Utilities...
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Time zone issue questioned
(Local News ~ 10/26/05)
The Department of Transportation proposed Tuesday that only five of 17 counties seeking to switch from Eastern time to Central time get their wish. The five counties include Knox, Perry, Pike, St. Joseph and Stake. Twelve other counties seeking the Central zone would stay put on Eastern time: Carroll, Cass, Daviess, Dubois, Fulton, Lawrence, Marshall, Martin, Pulaski, Sullivan, Vermillion and White...
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Sports Briefs
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/05)
Linton reschedules girls BB contest with Loogootee Due to the success of the Linton-Stockton volleyball program, the Linton High School athletic department as rescheduled the girls basketball's November 10th home game to Saturday afternoon, December 3. The game will begin with junior varsity action at 1 p.m...
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