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Linton woman has fond memories of Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/20/05)
One Greene County resident fondly remembers her childhood Christmas experiences and brings some of those past traditions to her family now. Janie Sharp, of Linton, remembers Christmas Eve being special because that was the day the Christmas tree was brought home and decorated...
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Area sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/05)
Union to honor 1985 sectional team Union high school will honor the 1985 boys basketball team that won the sectional this Wednesday when the Bulldogs take on the Eminence Eels in Tri-River Conference action. Bloomfield 1-1 at Loogootee Bloomfield's fifth- and sixth-grade girls basketball teams split their games against Loogootee...
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Hoosiers use 3s to rout Charlotte
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/05)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Coach Mike Davis has a goal each game for Indiana. He wants his players to take no more than a total of three contested shots, and if they follow through, he figures they stand a good chance of making at least as many as they miss...
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Graves scores 10 in Butler victory
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/05)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Butler's Brandon Crone scored nine of his game-high 18 points during a 21-0 first-half run the propelled the Bulldogs to a 86-40 win over Elon on Monday night. That run over more than eight minutes gave Butler (6-4) a 29-3 lead as the Phoenix shot just 14 percent for the first half and trailed 36-12 at half time...
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Bloomfield, Eastern Greene boys to play
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/05)
BLOOMFIELD -- When it comes to county match-ups, there are few that carry as much weight as Bloomfield and Eastern Greene. Though the Cardinals dispensed with another county foe this past Saturday when they defeated White River Valley by 15, Bloomfield coach Ron McBride has a feeling his team will see a closer game tomorrow night...
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Lady Cardinals rout Eastern Greene
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/05)
BLOOMFIELD -- Everything was working for sixth-ranked Bloomfield on Monday night. It got off to a tight start against Eastern Greene, but pulled away after the first quarter to take a 61-37 victory over the Lady Thunderbirds to improve to 9-1 on the season and 3-0 in the SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference...
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Alta M. McCoy
(Obituary ~ 12/20/05)
Alta M. McCoy, 85, passed away at 7:25 a.m. today, Dec. 20, 2005 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Worthington.
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Mary Lou Ladson
(Obituary ~ 12/20/05)
Mary Lou Ladson, 78, of Linton, passed away at 8:23 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 at Daviess Community Hospital in Washington. Born Sept. 20, 1927 in Evansville, she was the daughter of Dona (Gunn) Gutierriez. She was raised by her aunt and uncle Homer and Della Gunn. On Nov. 15, 1945, she married Robert D. Ladson, who passed away Feb. 13, 1990...
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Wreck knocks out power in eastern Greene County
(Local News ~ 12/20/05)
An early morning accident near Sharkey Curve caused a power outage to nearly 500 REMC customers Monday morning. According to the Greene County Sheriff's Office, Zachary L. Walker, 20, Solsberry, was near State Road 54 and County Road 530 East at approximately 5:53 a.m. when he swerved to miss a deer. He lost control of the vehicle and struck a utility pole, causing wires to be across State Road 54...
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Junior high students are finalists in contest
(Local News ~ 12/20/05)
Two Linton-Stockton Junior High School students were recently chosen as finalists in the 2005 Dick Lugar Youth Essay Contest, and one Linton-Stockton student was chosen as a district winner. Corbyn Bales and Amy Goodman, both eighth-graders, were named finalists in the contest. Goodman was also chosen as a winner in District 7...
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Eastern Greene students helping others with quilts
(Local News ~ 12/20/05)
Eastern Greene Elementary School students are currently working on a quilt project that will help keep those in need warm throughout the long and cold winter. The project, which began last year as an afghan project in character education class, has now evolved into a much greater quilt project...
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Linton be jammin' Dec. 30 with four area bands
(Local News ~ 12/20/05)
Music lovers can get warmed up for New Year's Eve and hear a couple bands new to the scene and a couple who've been around a little while on Dec. 30 in the Roy Clark Community Building in Linton. The musical event will begin at 7:30 p.m. and feature Dilemma and Dry Atlantic, two bands comprised of Linton-Stockton High School students; along with Philpot, a perennial local favorite; and Push-Pull, a popular Bloomington-area band...
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Hasler will miss students when he retires
(Local News ~ 12/20/05)
Although Bloomfield School District Superintendent Ron Hasler is looking forward to his retirement, he recalls many changes that the district has underwent during his administration and hopes that its future continues to be stable. "Probably one of the most significant financial change has been that we had a significant unfunded liability for retirement, but primarily it was health insurance," Hasler explained...
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'Rough energy' in New Orleans makes it hard for Greene Countians' daughter to be there
(Local News ~ 12/20/05)
The daughter of a Greene County couple still is without the most basic services in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Utahna Faith, 40, the daughter of Dale and Tillie Jessup of rural Lyons, has a home in the Holy Cross area of New Orleans, above the devastated Ninth Ward. She said her neighborhood was not as heavily damaged as parts of the Lower Ninth Ward, where houses were pushed off their foundations or look like a bomb hit them...
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Linton-Stockton School Board meets
(Local News ~ 12/20/05)
The Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees prepared to close out the books for 2005 at its regular meeting Monday night. Due to a cash flow issue because the school hasn't received it's money from the state in a timely manner, superintendent Ron Bush asked the board's permission to apply for a temporary loan...
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Shakamak vs. Linton game was fantastic
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/05)
For those of you who missed the incredible game between Shakamak and Linton Friday night, you missed one whale of a game. Never did one team have a lead where you thought, now they could take it easy and work on a few things. Both those teams left everything they had on the court and deserved to be praised (win or lose) for their efforts...
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