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Former Mr. Basketball talks with WRV players
(Local News ~ 11/08/05)
SWITZ CITY -- Coaches everyday tell their players that hard work pays off for those willing to put forth the effort. Sometimes those words fall on deaf ears, but when it's from a former Mr. Basketball and NBA No. 1 pick, those words are hard to ignore...
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Cardinals ranked No. 6 in preseason poll
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/05)
The Bloomfield Lady Cardinals will begin the 2005-06 basketball season as the sixth ranked team in class A according to the coaches who vote in the Indiana Girls Coaches Association's preseason poll. The Cardinals are ahead of Northeast Dubois, who enter the season ranked seventh. The Jeeps eliminated Bloomfield in last year's semistate round at Huntingburg before falling in the state title game, 47-46, to Tri-Central...
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Brewer named conference player of the year
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/05)
He led his team to a 9-0 regular season, he helped them to reach the first-ever Southwest Seven Conference championship and he kept them honorable in defeat after a first-round exit from the sectional tournament. And Monday night, Linton quarterback Adam Brewer was honored for all of those things and more with the SW7 Most Valuable Player award...
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Robert Charles Spencer
(Obituary ~ 11/08/05)
Robert Charles Spencer, 92, of Meridian, Miss., and formerly of Switz City, passed away Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 at Regency Hospital in Meridian. He was a retired Indiana history teacher and basketball coach. He graduated from Switz City High School and played on the basketball team of 1931 that was sectional champions. ...
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Vivian Eleane Richardson
(Obituary ~ 11/08/05)
Vivian Eleane Richardson, 94, passed away in Colorado. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home Linton Chapel. Final arrangements can be viewed on its Web site www.welchcornett.com
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Bloomfield teachers to attend vocabulary workshop
(Local News ~ 11/08/05)
Eight Bloomfield Elementary School teachers will attend a vocabulary workshop that is designed to help increase student's reading and vocabulary skills. "An increased sense of vocabulary leads to better reading comprehension," explained Susan Goodman, Title One coordinator and Literacy Lab teacher...
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Switz City water project nearly complete
(Local News ~ 11/08/05)
SWITZ CITY -- Brian Bullock from Midwestern Engineers reported to the Switz City Town Council on Monday evening that the town's water project is near completion. Bullock said the controls on the new water tower would be "up and going" today. He also added that Caldwell Tanks would be removing the old water tower next week...
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Newberry receives grant for new fire truck
(Local News ~ 11/08/05)
NEWBERRY -- During its monthly meeting Monday, the Newberry Town Council learned that after much waiting a grant for a fire truck was finally accepted. "This was the third year for applying," explained council member Dexter "Shorty" York. "We do need the new truck because our old one is a 1969 ... the older one costs money to keep maintained."...
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Linton mayor wants residents to tell Greendale thanks
(Local News ~ 11/08/05)
Last week, the city of Linton was given an aerial fire truck at no cost. Now Linton Mayor Tom Jones is asking residents to express their gratitude for the gift to the city of Greendale. "I've said thank you a hundred times, and I'll do it in a letter myself to the city council and mayor," Jones said. "I'd like to see people in the city to draft a letter, whether it be one sentence to say thank you or what that means to them, and send it to the city of Greendale."...
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Dugger council upset with letter to the editor
(Local News ~ 11/08/05)
DUGGER -- Dugger Town Council President Bill Pirtle responded to recent comments which were written as letters to the editor in the Sullivan Daily Times and Linton Daily Citizen/Bloomfield Evening World concerning Halloween night activities in Dugger...
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Lack of flu vaccine not a problem locally
(Local News ~ 11/08/05)
So far this year, Greene County citizens don't need to worry about the flu, according to county health nurse Marilyn Crays. She said doctors have not seen a lot of flu yet in Greene County. "If there's a true influenza, there's a report that goes to the state and then comes to my office," she said...
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Area sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/05)
Donations being accepted The Bloomfield Little League is currently taking donations for their second annual Christmas Fund Drive for the Family Life Center. Any donations can be dropped off at the FLC in the name of Bloomfield Little League. Bloomfield Little League in need of coaches...
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