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Lions Club to try it again in Linton
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
Lions Clubs International is forming a new chapter in Linton. District Governor Linda Tincher was in Linton on Monday night to meet with interested people about details of forming the club. She explained that at least 20 people are needed to form a new chapter, and there are 22 signed up, so a charter can be requested from Lions International headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill...
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Pruett qualifies for Optimist International Junior Golf tournament
(High School Sports ~ 06/20/06)
For the second time in four days, Linton-Stockton High School senior-to-be Rachael Pruett qualified for a national golf tournament. Pruett fired a 78 on Friday at Deer Creek Golf Club near Plainfield to win the Optimist Club District tournament, and qualify for the Optimist International Junior Golf Tournament in Palm Beach, Fla., on July 25-30. The event will be played at the PGA National Golf & Resort...
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Rehmel, Sweet pleased with effort at Victory Field
(High School Sports ~ 06/20/06)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Shakamak Lakers saw their season come to an end on Saturday, but it wasn't without a clash as the Lakers took defending class A state champions, Blackhawk Christian, to the brim with a thrilling 7-4 extra innings loss at Victory Field in Indianapolis...
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Gary W. (Waldo) Walden
(Obituary ~ 06/20/06)
Gary W. (Waldo) Walden, 54, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2006 at his residence. Born Sept. 9, 1951 in Owen County, he was the son of Willie L. Walden and Mary Joe (Manley) Walden. He was a jack of all trades. His jobs included butcher, pool painter, tower climber, factory worker, mechanic, custodian, coach, and landscaper...
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More meeting scheduled on pandemic flu
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
If you missed Monday night's pandemic flu town hall meeting in Linton, there are three more meetings planned in Greene County. Other meetings are slated June 27 at the Bloomfield First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall; July 18 at Eastern Greene High School Cafeteria and Aug. 17 at the Jasonville Senior Citizen Center...
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Open Arms, TPEC raising funds
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
People planning a holiday fireworks display can purchase their pyrotechnics locally and support a good cause. Open Arms Christian Ministries and Turning Points Education Center staff and volunteers are selling fireworks from the east end of the building that also houses Bonkerz Marathon Station east of Linton next to Pizza Hut...
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Spinks enjoyed his time on school board
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
After eight years of service to the Linton-Stockton School Corporation, Fred Spinks has attended his last meeting as a member of the board of school trustees. Spinks served on the Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees from July 1998 to June 2006...
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Linton-Stockton School Board meets
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
More than a year after a bleacher project was approved at Linton-Stockton High School, the project is finally coming closer to being finished. The board approved installing a trough line behind the home side bleachers to alleviate water gathering in the area and going into the football locker room. Superintendent Ron Bush said the trough line that will be installed is similar to those that are used to carry water from tracks...
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Health officials agree: Use common sense
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
A panel of local health and public safety professionals offered some simple advice when preparing for a potential pandemic flu outbreak -- use common sense. Monday night's town hall pandemic meeting in Linton included a panel discussion among several health and safety professionals who detailed the potential effects a pandemic might have on the public, their individual agencies and each told of plans now being discussed...
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Meeting focuses on bird flu pandemic
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
A small group of citizens attended the first in a series of public town hall informational meetings Monday night in Linton to hear a group of local health professionals talk about the potential for a serious avian or bird flu pandemic and what is being done on the county-level to prepare for an outbreak...
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Democrat caucus rescheduled for June 28
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
The Greene County Democrat Party caucus meeting to select the party's candidate for Circuit Court Judge on the upcoming general election ballot, scheduled for Monday night in Linton, has been rescheduled to June 28. The meeting was rescheduled because of State Election Commission notification guidelines, which had to be met between the time the Secretary of State's office was notified of the caucus meeting and the date the caucus was actually held...
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Vandals strike county's covered bridge
(Local News ~ 06/20/06)
Vandals have again struck the Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridge near Bloomfield. The Greene County Sheriff's Department is asking for assistance in catching the culprits who used red-colored spray paint to deface the front of 123-year-old bridge, which has been listed in the National Registry of Historic Places since 1993, according to deputy Terry Wade, who is investigating the latest round of vandalism on the bridge...
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Sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 06/20/06)
Soccer camp starts July 24 Greene County Soccer is again sponsoring the Challenger Soccer Summer Camp due to the tremendous response from last year. Dates are July 24th through the 28th. Sign up forms have been mailed to all Greene County Soccer members. Forms are available at AFTERCARE Clinic 141 N Main Street from 6 to 9 p.m. Mon through Thursday nights or sign up on the web at www.challengersports.com For mroe information call 847-BALL...
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