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JHS-SHS Homecoming kicks off today
(Local News ~ 09/29/06)
This weekend will be a big one in Jasonville. It's the annual Jasonville High School-Shakamak High School homecoming celebration. The celebration, which will take place today, Saturday and Sunday, is billed by organizers as the largest high school homecoming in the state...
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North Daviess takes out Lady T-Birds in four
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/06)
It was too much of the old and not enough of the new as the Eastern Greene volleyball team dropped a 22-25, 16-25, 25-15, 18-25 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference decision at North Daviess Thursday night. "We didn't bring our best game tonight," said EG coach Gina Ingram, whose Lady Thunderbirds fell to 8-14, 1-4 in the SWIAC. "We looked like the "old" Eastern team. The team that played hard against BNL on Monday stayed home tonight...
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Lady Cardinals fall to No. 4 Loogootee
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/06)
Loogootee, ranked No. 4 in Class A, defeated Bloomfield 25-9, 25-11, 25-19 in a high school volleyball match at Glover Gymnasium Thursday night. "We did play badly," said BHS coach Susie Schulte. "As night kept going on, we played well. "I felt like we hit the ball better in the third game. We had a little more intensity tonight. We played the fourth-ranked team pretty well. They are a pretty good team and I was happy with the way the girls performed."...
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Union (Dugger) defeats county foe
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/06)
Union (Dugger) improved to 13-7 with a 25-23, 20-25, 25-18, 25-22 victory at Sullivan Thursday night. "This is a big win," said Union (Dugger) coach Tammy Meurer. "This is a match we always get up for because one of our goals every year is to win the Sullivan County championship...
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Shakamak teams win own invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/06)
The Shakamak boys and girls cross country teams both claimed first place at the annual Shakamak Invitational Thursday. The varsity competition was scheduled for Saturday, but was called because of thunderstorms. The Laker boys squad had its top five runners among the first 14 finishers as they had a winning total of 28 points. ...
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Lady Miners rally to defeat Shakamak in conference battle
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/06)
JASONVILLE -- Shakamak, ranked No. 8 in Class A, had Linton-Stockton right where it wanted it. With the host Lady Lakers having rallied from two games down to come up with match point in the decisive game five, the Lady Miners scored the final six points to come away with a 25-17, 25-19, 20-25, 21-25, 16-14 victory here Thursday night...
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Hattie M. Jewell
(Obituary ~ 09/29/06)
Hattie M. Jewell, 88, of Indianapolis, formerly of Worthington, passed away at Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, at Meadow Lake Retirement Center in Mooresville. She was born, Aug. 30, 1918, in Switz City to Clyde & Inez (Hulen) Stough. She retired from Western Electric in 1978 after 23 years and was a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Worthington...
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Bloomfield board approves transportation contracts
(Local News ~ 09/29/06)
Transportation contracts were unanimously approved by the Bloomfield School Board of Trustees during its regular meeting on Thursday. The six-year contracts will begin in 2007 and end in 2013. During the recent opening of the bids, the board was represented by Eric Moody and Marvin Helms...
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Union grad in NYC acting school
(Local News ~ 09/29/06)
Brock Ward, 21, of Dugger, is one of 190 students selected from a pool of 4,000 to attend the School for Film and Television (SFT) in Manhattan. The 2004 graduate of Union High School began classes at SFT on Aug. 28. He's in "conservatory," a two-year program that teaches actors to perform in front of a camera. It trains them for both TV and theater, as well as instilling a code of professional discipline and responsibility...
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Senior center to honor past volunteers
(Local News ~ 09/29/06)
JASONVILLE -- The Jasonville Senior Citizen Center will be honoring those senior center volunteers who have passed away or who are in nursing facilities on Saturday at the annual Jasonville High School-Shakamak High School homecoming celebration. Senior center volunteers have been working hard collecting photographs and organizing them for display. A photo of past volunteers along with their name will be displayed...
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'Seeds for Success' program gets early jump start
(Local News ~ 09/29/06)
SWITZ CITY -- Sometimes even in the philanthropic business there are some very pleasant surprises. Such is the case with the Greene County Foundation's 'Seeds for Success' program that kicked off earlier this month. When announced, the goal was to raise $100,000 for favorite area not-for-profit agencies for each of the next three years...
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Lady Wolverines fall at home
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/06)
Washington rallied to defeat White River Valley 15-25, 25-12, 25-12, 25-16 in a high school volleyball match at Switz City Thursday night. "You couldn't have asked for a better team on the floor in the first game," said WRV coach Becky Borter. "But I did not know who was on the floor for the final three games."...
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