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Group being formed to help Goose Pond
(Local News ~ 10/25/06)
A core group of individuals came together Tuesday to discuss forming a "Friends of Goose Pond" organization. Friends of Goose Pond (FGP) would, in general, support programming at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area (GPFWA), as well as support conservation and enhancement of GPFWA resources, and generate additional funding...
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Lady Lakers place three on all-SWIAC
(High School Sports ~ 10/25/06)
Shakamak had three selections on the 2006 all-Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball teams, which was part of the 12-member squad. Conference coaches voted on the selections. SWIAC champion Linton-Stockton, Clay City and Union (Dugger) each had two players on the team...
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Riggleman enthusiastic about start of practice
(High School Sports ~ 10/25/06)
Linton-Stockton girls basketball coach Mike Riggleman saw something on Monday that he hasn't seen for the past two seasons. With the official start of the girls basketball season, Coach Riggleman has become accustomed to being without several players with the volleyball team preparing for regionals at the same time...
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Dorothy Wright
(Obituary ~ 10/25/06)
Dorothy Wright, 86, passed away Oct. 23, 2006. She was born Sept. 2, 1920 to John Cunningham and Ada Blanch Portman Cunningham at London, Ohio. She will be remembererd by daughters, Elaine Wright and Mary Elizabeth Clark; and siblings, Ruth Raynaldo, Donald Cunningham, Robert Cunningham...
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Hazel Marie Neidigh
(Obituary ~ 10/25/06)
Hazel Marie Neidigh, 86, of Frederick, Md. and formerly of Bloomfield passed away at 4:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Rosa Marie Andrew
(Obituary ~ 10/25/06)
Rosa Marie Andrew, 84, of Beech Grove, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006. She was born April 23, 1922 in Clay County, the daughter of Ewald and Estelle (Heck) Wegner. She spent her childhood and adolescent years on the family farm near Brazil. She graduated from Brazil High School in 1940. She graduated from Indiana Central College (now U of I) with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received her Masters from Butler University in 1964...
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Dugger receives money to clean up old gas station
(Local News ~ 10/25/06)
The Indiana Brownfields Program awarded Petroleum Remediation Grant funds to six Indiana communities including Dugger. Dugger received $9,228 to clean up a former gas station, located on State Road 54 just west of Dugger. The site is being remediated in preparation for commercial reuse...
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Wright Township meeting canceled
(Local News ~ 10/25/06)
Wright Township was scheduled to be on the agenda of a meeting of the Local Government Tax Control Board on Thursday in Indianapolis; however, that will not happen now. Dist. 45 State Rep. Bruce Borders said the meeting has been rescheduled until November...
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Bipartisan clean-up effort planned at GPFWA
(Local News ~ 10/25/06)
The Greene County Foundation is challenging all local political candidates -- Democrats and Republicans -- to come together Saturday to help clean up Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area in a fall Greene County Pride Day. Candidates are urged to don their campaign attire and gather their supporters to volunteer from 8 to 11 a.m. in a bipartisan clean-up effort. The general public also is invited to join in the clean-up endeavor...
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Voters can meet candidates Thursday
(Local News ~ 10/25/06)
Candidates in the upcoming Nov. 7 General Election will be featured in a public forum Thursday night sponsored by the Greene County Farm Bureau, Inc. A "Meet The Candidates Night" will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service community room, located at the fairgrounds...
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Truck collides with train
(Local News ~ 10/25/06)
The driver of a Mack triaxle truck escaped injury Tuesday morning when his truck collided with a train just west of Bloomfield. Roger Riley, 40, Springville, was traveling north as he was exiting Hoosier Sand and Gravel on Tuesday morning in a 2003 Mack triaxle gravel truck...
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Bloomfield, Linton gearing up for tournament action
(Local News ~ 10/25/06)
Community and school spirit are alive and well in Linton and Bloomfield as the Linton Miners begin the second round of the football sectional Friday and the Bloomfield Cardinals prepare for the volleyball regional Saturday. In honor of Linton-Stockton High School's athletic teams, the city of Linton has declared Friday "Red and Blue Day."...
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Local athletes competing at the college level
(High School Sports ~ 10/25/06)
Holly Halt, who graduated from White River Valley High School, is completing her senior season for the Oakland City University volleyball team. Halt, the daughter of Dave and Jo Halt of Lyons, originally went to OCU to play basketball. Halt, who turned 22 on Oct. 22, is majoring in science education and biology...
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