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Unserviceable flags honored in ceremony
(Local News ~ 06/15/06)
WORTHINGTON -- More than 200 unserviceable flags from Greene County -- including one with only 48 stars -- were burned Wednesday night in a flag-disposal ceremony at the Worthington VFW Post No. 7117. Junior Girl Scout Troop 468 led the ceremony as part of a Flag Day observance sponsored by the Greene County Veterans Council. ...
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Charles Joseph Rodgers
(Obituary ~ 06/15/06)
Charles Joseph Rodgers, Sr., 72, of Linton, passed away at 5:25 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at Health South Hospital in Terre Haute. Born May 13, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of William and Sarah (Steele) Rodgers. On March 8, 1956, he married Rosie L. (Nichols) Rodgers...
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Buddy R. (Joe) Jones Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/15/06)
Buddy R. (Joe) Jones Sr., 69, of Linton, passed away Friday, June 9, 2006 at his residence. Born April 13, 1937 in Greencastle, he was the son of Donald E. Jones and Ella V. (Murphy) Jones. He attended Greencastle High School. He worked for the Greencastle Fire Department for 11 years and previously worked for Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville...
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Earl "Brownie" Brown
(Obituary ~ 06/15/06)
Earl "Brownie" Brown, 77, of Worthington, passed away at 5:03 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Oct. 22, 1928 in Conehatta, Miss., he was the son of Louis and Maggie (Boykin) Brown. He retired from Allomatic in Sullivan in 2005, he also formerly worked for Williams Pipeline Company. He was a member of the Switz City Full Gospel Church, and Greene County and Indiana Gospel Music Associations...
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Talk of county airport surfaces at GCED meetinig
(Local News ~ 06/15/06)
The idea of constructing a paved runway airport facility in Greene County has taken off again -- a notion that has been discussed at various times locally since 1980. The forum for the latest discussion came at Wednesday night's quarterly meeting of the Greene County Economic Development Corporation in Bloomfield...
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State changes plan in judge selection
(Local News ~ 06/15/06)
There has been a change in the way an interim Greene County Circuit Court Judge will be selected by the office of Gov. Mitch Daniels. The modification has forced the Greene County Republican Party to move its original scheduled date for a caucus of precinct committeemen, who will select a candidate to be on the upcoming general election ballot...
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Annual yard sale turns trash into treasure for some
(Local News ~ 06/15/06)
The annual Bloomfield town-wide yard sale is scheduled for Saturday at 8 a.m. Currently, there are about 110 different sales planned for this year's event, explained Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce President Teri Coker. "This sale brings the community together. What may be one man's trash in another man's treasure," Coker stressed...
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GCEDC board approves budget for 2007
(Local News ~ 06/15/06)
The Greene County Economic Development Corporation approved a proposed 2007 budget during its quarterly meeting Tuesday night in Bloomfield. A budget totaling $90,200 had been reviewed by the GCEDC's executive committee, and will now be forwarded to the Greene County Council for review during its budget hearings in September...
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Eastern Greene School Board awards bids
(Local News ~ 06/15/06)
The contracts for the $16 million Eastern Greene High School construction project have officially been awarded. "We're looking forward to getting started and I think everyone will appreciate it when they see it," stressed superintendent Randy Barrett...
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Dean called in Amber Alert in Terre Haute case
(Local News ~ 06/15/06)
A local businessman was responsible for calling in an Amber Alert on Tuesday for two Vigo County boys who had been abducted by their father. Bob Dean, a current salesman and former manager of Petro's Tire Sales and Service in Linton, was fishing with his grandchildren Tuesday -- at a lake owned by his uncle in Blackhawk -- when he recognized a van that had been described on an Amber Alert...
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Elks continues tradition of teaching youth about flags
(Local News ~ 06/15/06)
In honor of Flag Day, the Linton BPO Elks Lodge 866 presented the Linton Little Baseball League with a new American Flag. Michael Kelley, member of the Elks and chairman of Flag Day, explained, "I think it's important for kids to recognize that we do observe Flag Day."...
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Stout makes the most of All-Star experience
(High School Sports ~ 06/15/06)
FERDINAND -- There were no losers here Wednesday night at Forest Park High School when the Indiana Girls All-Stars battled the Junior Girls All-Stars in the first of three exhibition basketball games played throughout the state. The scoreboard indicated that the Indiana Girls All-Stars used a 16-6 run to close the game and defeat the Junior Girls All-Stars 75-71, but the final score could not remove the smile on the face of Jessica Stout...
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