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Roudebush keeps busy with 4-H
(Local News ~ 07/07/06)
SWITZ CITY -- Earning Senior Grand Champion honors in Thursday night's Greene County 4-H Fashion Revue is a great way for rural Worthington resident Winter Roudebush to get her 10th and final county fair under way. Roudebush, a member of the Crop of Clever Clovers 4-H Club, constructed a black-colored satin fitted full-length dress gathered in the front and back that was accented with real peacock feathers to earn championship honors in the State Fair eligible "Free Choice" class...
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Pruett places fourth at Indiana Women's Open
(High School Sports ~ 07/07/06)
Linton's Rachael Pruett finished fourth in the Indiana Women's Open on Thursday at The Legends of Indiana Golf Course in Franklin. Pruett had two rounds of 2-over-par 74 on Wednesday and Thursday to finish three strokes out of first place with a 148 total...
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Cunningham wins at Bakersfield Raceway Park
(High School Sports ~ 07/07/06)
Jerimy Cunningham took the checkered flag in the 600 uprights class at Bakersfield Raceway Park June 30. He was one of five feature winners. Go-Karts, in seven different classes, were featured on Saturday, July 1. Racing continues Friday night. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 7 p.m. The feature events are set to begin at 8 p.m...
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Terry L. Weber
(Obituary ~ 07/07/06)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Terry L. Weber, 59, of Indianapolis, passed away at 12:18 a.m. on Thursday, July 6, 2006, at Select Specialty Hospital in Indianapolis. Born April 18, 1947 in Lyons, he was the son of William and Phyllis Kiler Weber. He was a Vietnam veteran and worked as a cook at the Lucille Raines Residence, Inc. He was a member of the Veedersburg United Methodist Church...
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Larry "Turk" Eugene Gennicks
(Obituary ~ 07/07/06)
BUCHANAN, Mich. -- Larry "Turk" Eugene Gennicks, 67, of Niles, Mich., passed away at 3:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at St. Joseph Medical Center in South Bend. Born Aug. 22, 1938 in Linton, he was the son of Gene and Marie Gennicks. In 1965 in Shelbyville, he married Nona Stephens, who passed away in 1988...
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Willard Andis
(Obituary ~ 07/07/06)
Willard Andis, 100, formerly of Pleasantville and Linton, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2006 at Miller's Assisted Living in Sullivan. Born April 27, 1906 in Pleasantville, he was the son of Jake Andis and Mattie Jane Peden Andis. He had been married to Georgia Buck Andis. She passed away in 1997...
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Shawnee Theatre to offer children's workshop
(Local News ~ 07/07/06)
Do you have a young star at home? If so, let that star shine by signing him or her up for the Shawnee Children's Theatre Workshop. The workshop -- which begins July 17 -- is aimed at two age groups, explained children's director Linda Ostermeir -- ages 7 through 12 and ages 13 through 17...
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Sandborn Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 07/07/06)
SANDBORN -- Jenny Dearwester from Southern Indiana Development Commission visited the Sandborn Town Council meeting Thursday night and requested residents to ask questions and express views regarding the housing rehabilitation grant. Dearwester read names of the 19 Sandborn residents who have applied for the grant that would allow them a maximum of $14,355 each for home repair work...
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Franklin wants BPD to be more 'visible'
(Local News ~ 07/07/06)
Bloomfield Police Commissioner Tom Franklin summed up his recent experience as head of the Bloomfield Police Department during Thursday's Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce meeting. Franklin, the guest speaker, explained, "The job title as police commissioner has confused people. It is a technicality."...
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Greene County 4-H Fair results
(Local News ~ 07/07/06)
Saturday 9 a.m.-noon -- 4-H project check in -- except livestock. 12:30 p.m. -- Tractor ride starting at Linton-Stockton High School. 5 p.m. -- Commercial Building opens 7 p.m. -- Farm Tractor Pull Sunday 5 p.m. -- Commercial Building opens 5 p.m. -- 4-H Market Beef Show...
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Dugger Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 07/07/06)
DUGGER -- The Dugger Town Council is seeking an Indiana Department of Commerce grant for $500,000 to upgrade the town sewage treatment plant. "We had a response of 56 people at the recent public interest meeting and we need many support letters by the July 13 deadline," explained council president Bill Pirtle...
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Clark show raises more than $8,000
(Local News ~ 07/07/06)
The Greene County Foundation has announced that the Roy Clark and Friends concert in early June raised more than $8,000 which will be added to an endowment fund that provides scholarships to graduating seniors from five Greene County high schools. The $8,000 was raised through ticket sales and a generous donation from MainSource Bank, according to Greene County Foundation Executive Director Kerry Conway...
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Dowden to lead Bloomfield board again
(Local News ~ 07/07/06)
During its special session on Thursday, the Bloomfield School Board of Trustees re-appointed Steve Dowden as president and Eric Moody as vice president. Both Dowden and Moody will serve these appointments for the second year. Keith Hanauer was appointed as treasurer...
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Accident victim wants to help others
(Local News ~ 07/07/06)
Alisha Cassida of Linton suffered considerable trauma last October when she collided with a minivan while she was riding a moped. She said she's noticed more mopeds on the streets lately and wants to warn both moped operators and drivers of other vehicles to be alert for each other...
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Hoosiers' White brings new look, attitude to the floor
(High School Sports ~ 07/07/06)
INDIANAPOLIS -- D.J. White arrived at the Nike All-America Camp with a muscle-bound upper body, a bearded face and a new perspective on basketball and life. Yes, the Big Ten's freshman of the year in 2004-05 looks and sounds like a different man. He wants to end any lingering concerns about his ability to stay healthy in the rugged conference, quash the doubts about his desire to play in Bloomington and prove he can lead Indiana back to prominence with a season that makes Hoosiers fans proud...
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