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Humane Society needs some help
(Local News ~ 01/25/06)
When Anita Butler agreed to foster Lucy, a blue heeler-Australian shepherd mix, the 8- or 9-week-old pup was covered in feces, wracked with kennel cough and full of parasites. She got Lucy from the Greene County Humane Society about two weeks ago. "She was covered in so much poop, they wouldn't even touch her (at the shelter)," Butler said. ...
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Linton's gas rates among the cheapest in the area
(Local News ~ 01/25/06)
Linton Mayor Tom Jones announced at the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce annual dinner Thursday that the city's gas rates are cheaper than most other entities in the area. Jones said gas is billed based on therms. By using a base level of 200 therms -- approximately 19,475 cubic feet of gas -- he figured an estimated rate for other gas providers...
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White River Valley School Board member thankful for support
(Local News ~ 01/25/06)
SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley Board of School Trustees member Ted Wagner, whose son Neil was killed in a car accident last week, thanked everyone for their support and thoughtfulness. "On behalf of the school board, on behalf of the administrators, our teachers, our faculty and all employees, we wanted to publicly express our deepest sympathy to the Wagner family -- Ted and Martha and the girls -- for the loss of Neil," said Superintendent Layton Wall. "He's going to be missed."...
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Eastern Greene employee takes job seriously
(Local News ~ 01/25/06)
One Eastern Greene School District maintenance employee has a penchant for fixing all sorts of things. In fact, Tom Wheelock of Worthington, takes that part of his job as assistant maintenance director seriously. "That is my primary goal to make sure the building is ready for school," he explained. "If something is going on in the building to where they (students) can't do their work, then I haven't done my own."...
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Betty J. Clayton
(Obituary ~ 01/25/06)
Betty J. Clayton of Blountstown, Fla., passed away in Florida. Funeral service is pending at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton. Final arrangements will be posted on the Web site www.andersonpoindexter.com.
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Leona May Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 01/25/06)
Leona May Rhodes, 86, of Linton, passed away at 9:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 at Sullivan Health and Living Center. Born April 10, 1919 in Daviess County, she was the daughter of Raymond and Verna Goodwin Ham. She had been married to Lloyd A. Rhodes, who passed away in 2001...
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Miners foul up in Montgomery
(High School Sports ~ 01/25/06)
MONTGOMERY -- By now, Linton-Stockton girls basketball coach Mike Riggleman has got to be a master with a yo-yo after the up-and-down campaign his team has gone through this season. Unfortunately for the Miners, those ups-and-downs have come at the most inopportunte times as their losing skid was extended to nine games on Tuesday with a 64-59 loss to Barr-Reeve in Montgomery...
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Union owns share of TRC title
(High School Sports ~ 01/25/06)
JASONVILLE -- Union girls coach Steve Meurer put it best. "It was a tale of two halves." The Lady Bulldogs weathered a second-half storm from a resurgent Shakamak team to secure at least a share of the Tri-River Conference title last night with a 50-42 victory...
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Wolverines stall Owen Valley
(High School Sports ~ 01/25/06)
SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley snapped a three-game losing streak last night with a 52-48 victory over Owen Valley. The Lady Wolverines (6-12) headed into the halftime break with a three-point deficit and turned it around to a three-point lead by the end of the third quarter...
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