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4-H Cat Show kicks off slate of pre-fair activities
(Local News ~ 06/28/06)
SWITZ CITY -- Snow-white colored "Casper" and her 15-year-old owner Cassie Wells, of rural Bloomfield, reigned as grand champions of the Greene County 4-H Fair Cat Show on Tuesday night as the first of the pre-fair events unfolded at the fairgrounds...
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Linton coach says it all when it comes to Brewer's accomplishments
(High School Sports ~ 06/28/06)
TERRE HAUTE -- You can now ask the question when it comes to former Linton-Stockton quarterback Adam Brewer. What hasn't Brewer done or accomplished in his prep career? Perhaps the only thing that you could argue that Brewer wasn't able to accomplish was a state title, but everyone who saw Brewer play knows he gave everything he had night-in and night-out...
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Alice M. Tincher
(Obituary ~ 06/28/06)
Alice M. Tincher, 71, of Linton, passed away at 8:05 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, 2006, at her residence. Born July 3, 1934 in Linton, she was the daughter of Arlie Richardson and Edith (Burch) Richardson. On Nov. 14, 1959, she married Vannie L. Tincher. He passed away Oct. 8, 2001...
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G. Evelyn Preble
(Obituary ~ 06/28/06)
G. Evelyn Preble, 88, of Linton, passed away at 8:14 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, 2006, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Feb. 5, 1918 in Coal City, she was the daughter of Harold L. Duncan and Sarah R. (Roush) Duncan. On Aug. 6, 1942 in Charleston, S.C., she married Dennis H. Preble...
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James L. Lawson Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/28/06)
James L. Lawson Jr., 61, of Jasonville, passed away at 6:40 p.m. Sunday, June 25, 2006, at his rural Clay County residence. Born Feb. 20, 1945 in New Castle, he was the son of James L. Lawson, Sr., and Josephine Lavern (Adams) Lawson. He had retired as a tool & die maker from Guide Lamp of Anderson. He was a member of The Sons of the Jasonville American Legion Post #172, where he was Past Commander of five years...
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Billy Max Burress
(Obituary ~ 06/28/06)
WESTPHALIA -- Billy Max Burress, 75, of Westphalia, passed away at 5:57 p.m. Sunday, June 25, 2006, at his residence. Born July 6, 1930 in Bruceville, he was the son of Alman and Nellie (Long) Burress. In 1954, he married Wanda J. (Bare) Burress. He was retired from driving a truck for Burress Trucking. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Sandborn, where he served as a Deacon and Elder. He was a Corporal in the US Marines during the Korean War...
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Jean Pettes Brown
(Obituary ~ 06/28/06)
Jean Pettes Brown, 77, of Linton, passed away at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hospital (St. Vincent's Hospital) in Carmel. Born Oct. 22, 1928 in Orlando, Fla., she was the daughter of Herbert Benjamin Pettes and Beatrice Edna (Lerch) Pettes...
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Greene County receives proceeds from timber sale
(Local News ~ 06/28/06)
Greene County has received a $14,223 check as its part of proceeds from annual timber harvest sales on property owned by Naval Support Activity Crane (NSA). A total of $280,540 was presented to Greene, Martin and Lawrence counties. Martin County received the largest share -- $265,587 -- based on the county's proportionate acreage of timberland within Crane base's boundaries. Lawrence County received $730...
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Motorcycle driver deer, remains in ditch most of the night
(Local News ~ 06/28/06)
A 39-year-old motorcyclist, who struck a deer while he was southbound on State Road 67 last week, told police he remained in a ditch for most of the night before he was discovered, according to a report released Monday evening by the Greene County Sheriff's Department...
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State Road 54 closed for more than an hour after wreck
(Local News ~ 06/28/06)
EASTERN HEIGHTS -- A Bloomfield man was not seriously injured, but was trapped in his truck after a single-vehicle rollover wreck early Tuesday morning that closed a section of State Road 54 near Eastern Greene School for more than an hour. Ralph Sims, 53, driving a 2000 GMC Sonoma pickup, was westbound on State Road 54 at 6 a.m. when he looked away from the road, glancing at the seat in his truck, according to a report submitted by Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Dale Nicholson...
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Two additional pandemic public meetings on tap
(Local News ~ 06/28/06)
If you missed Tuesday night's pandemic flu informational town hall meeting in Bloomfield, there are still two more meetings planned in Greene County. The next meeting is scheduled for July 18 at Eastern Greene High School cafeteria and a final one on August 17 at the Jasonville Senior Citizen Center...
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29th annual tasting luncheon scheduled for Friday
(Local News ~ 06/28/06)
Friday marks the 29th annual Bloomfield Presbyterian Church tasting luncheon that offers up good food and donates all of its proceeds to local charities. The sampling event -- which will take place at the church from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. -- costs $5 and includes a variety of new food each year...
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Behind-the-scenes preparedness work already under way
(Local News ~ 06/28/06)
Behind-the-scene preparedness was stressed by panelists and presenters who participated in Greene County's second of four scheduled pandemic avian or bird flu informational meetings staged Tuesday night at the First Baptist Church in Bloomfield. A sparse crowd was on hand to hear a group of representatives from a host of local health care and emergency preparedness organizations tell what they are doing to prepare for an anticipated pandemic outbreak in the United States -- and more importantly, here in the county.. ...
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Voils to be part of Class 2A West All-Stars
(High School Sports ~ 06/28/06)
Eastern Greene High School point guard Buster Voils will have one more chance to display his skills in the second of four East-West All-Star games Saturday, July 8 at Chrysler Fieldhouse in New Castle. Voils, who helped the Thunderbirds beat North Knox and Linton in overtime to claim the 2006 sectional championship at Paoli, will be competing for the West squad in the Class 2A All-Star contest will start at approximately 1:30 p.m. July 8...
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