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Linton summer camp a blast
(Local News ~ 06/07/06)
Even though school isn't in session, students at Linton-Stockton Elementary are voluntarily learning at NASA Explorer Camp. The camp, which began Monday and ends Friday, involves students in grades 2-6. Junior high and high school students are serving as camp volunteers...
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Charles Orman
(Obituary ~ 06/07/06)
Charles Orman, 69, of Linton, passed away at 10:22 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. 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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Doris M. Comer
(Obituary ~ 06/07/06)
Doris M. Comer, 86, of Odon and formerly of Jasonville, passed away at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at Ketchum Memorial Center at Odon. Born March 18, 1920 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Emil Petit and Lizzie (Beadle) Petit. She had been married to Rollie Comer, who passed away Dec. 28, 1973...
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John Carl Brewer, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/07/06)
John Carl Brewer, Jr., 90, of Jasonville, passed away at 10:55 p.m. on Monday, June 5, 2006 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Jasonville. Born July 17, 1915 in Shelburn, he was the son of John Carl Brewer, Sr., and Dovie (Hildebran) Brewer. On Feb. 22, 1940, he married Florence E. (Johns) Brewer...
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Phil Harris, Alice Faye nominated for Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 06/07/06)
Linton's hometown favorite son, Phil Harris, and his wife, Alice Faye, are among a highly competitive field of nominees up for induction into America's only National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago. Real-life husband and wife Harris and Faye starred in their own series on NBC Radio from 1946 to 1954...
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Time running out to claim property tax credits, deductions
(Local News ~ 06/07/06)
State Rep. Peggy Welch (D-Bloomington) said time is running out to claim property tax credits and deductions. Indiana homeowners must apply for the credits and deductions with the county auditor by June 12 if the property owners, who have owned their homes as of March 1 of this year, want those credits and deductions to be applied to the 2007 tax bills...
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Commissioners learn about bridge project in eastern Greene
(Local News ~ 06/07/06)
Darin Duncan of CPI presented the Greene County Board of Commissioners with a design proposal for Bridge 255 at their regular meeting Tuesday. Bridge 255 spans a railroad track on County Line Road between Greene and Monroe counties in Beech Creek Township. District 1 Commissioner Kathy Crouch said the bridge is a wooden, one-lane bridge with a 4-ton weight limit and is on a six-month inspection rotation because it's so deteriorated...
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Family Life Center has summer intern to help with reading
(Local News ~ 06/07/06)
One Family Life Center summer intern is hoping to help area children learn to love reading. FLC intern Liz Sykes -- a 2001 White River Valley graduate -- is currently a Bible psychology student at Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Mo. She is the reading program intern, explained Dianne Langer, executive director of the center...
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Commissioners get update on courthouse security system
(Local News ~ 06/07/06)
When the Greene County Courthouse addition and remodeling are complete, a whole new security system will be in place, but exactly how it'll be used is still up in the air. "There's a very elaborate security system throughout the whole building," said Jim Corey, manager of the courthouse construction project. "I think it's a post-9/11 issue. Buildings are being designed around security now."...
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Lakers hold off upstart Rox for third straight regional
(High School Sports ~ 06/07/06)
MECCA -- Rockville's improbable run through the baseball state tournament had already sent No. 3 Riverton Parke home during the sectional and the Rox had No. 10 Shakamak on its heels in the Class A regional championship game at Riverton Parke Tuesday night...
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