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Voters get a chance to hear from candidates
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
SWITZ CITY -- Nearly 200 residents turned out Thursday night for a "Meet Your Candidates Night" sponsored by Farm Bureau, Inc. -- just over a week before voters go to the polls for the Nov. 7 general election. The two-hour public forum at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service community building at the fairgrounds featured short, three-minute introduction talks from nearly all of the local contested and uncontested race candidates on the general election ballot, including a couple of state representative and state senator races.. ...
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Miner Pride Passes
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/06)
not honored during tournament Linton-Stockton athletic director Charlie Karazsia would like to remind fans that Miner Pride Passes are not honored during Indiana High School Athletic Association tournament games, such at tonight's football game against Perry Central...
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Lady Cardinals prepare for regional
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/06)
After disposing of two teams with 20-plus wins on the way to winning three, five-games matches and the Class A volleyball sectional at home last week, Bloomfield coach Susie Schulte finally thinks her team gets it. "I think they figured out they are able to play this game pretty well," said Schulte, whose Lady Cardinals (12-19) will face Tecumseh (23-1) at noon Saturday in the opening game of the North Daviess Regional. "I think they have come to terms with what has happened...
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Mildred I. Westfall
(Obituary ~ 10/27/06)
Mildred I. Westfall, 87, of Ellettsville passed away at Bloomington Hospital on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006. She was born in Monroe County on Aug. 20, 1919 to Clarence E. Engledow and Emma Roberts Engledow and was married to George R. Westfall until his passing in 1981. ...
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Haldon L. Shepherd
(Obituary ~ 10/27/06)
Haldon L. Shepherd, 83, of Linton, passed away at 2:45 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, 2006 at his residence. He was born Oct. 20, 1923, in Sullivan County, the son of Paul and Arethia (Miller) Shepherd. He worked for 44 years for Indiana Bell Telephone, was a member of Linton First Baptist Church and was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Air Corps...
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Helen L. (Calvert) Burch-Russell
(Obituary ~ 10/27/06)
Helen L. (Calvert) Burch-Russell, 87 of Southport and formerly of Calvertville, died at 3:18 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 at Bloomington Hospital. She was born in Dugger on Dec. 29, 1918, the daughter of Leo and Mary (Tressler) Calvert. She was a 1936 graduate of Worthington-Jefferson High School. She retired in 1980 from General Electric in Linton after 25 years of service. She was a member of the Southport Christian Church...
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Herschel Rehmel
(Obituary ~ 10/27/06)
Herschel Rehmel, 76, Jasonville passed away at 2:44 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 27 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Arrangements are pending at McClanahan-Lee Funeral Home in Jasonville.
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Hazel Marie Neidigh
(Obituary ~ 10/27/06)
Hazel Marie Neidigh, 86, of Frederick, Md., formerly of Bloomfield, passed away at 4:10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born Feb. 5, 1920 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Robert Winford and Eva Geraldine (Vest) Chipman...
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Man hurt in motorcycle accident
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
An eastern Greene County man suffered serious injuries Thursday evening after he lost control of his dirt bike on rain-slickened Sylvania Road. Danny R. Mullis, 41, of rural Bloomfield was traveling west on Sylvania Road -- near the entrance to Deer Lake subdivision -- about 6:11 p.m. when he lost control of his 1985 Honda XR 250R dirt bike and went off the south side of the roadway, according to Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Terry Wade...
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Activities planned to get Hoosiers walking
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
In an effort to get more Hoosiers walking, counties across the state are taking part in special activities this week as part of the INShape Indiana-Walk Across Indiana program. Walk Across Indiana is part of the INShape Indiana health initiative sponsored by Purdue University Extension Service, the Governor's Council for Physical Fitness and Sports and the Indiana State Department of Health. The purpose of the event is to promote the health benefits of walking...
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William "Bill" Vest
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
William "Bill" Vest, 71, of Bloomfield passed away Wednesday, Oct. 25 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born July 4, 1935 in Greene County, he was the son of John L. and Lillian (Bough) Vest. He worked at RCA in Bloomington for 23 years. He was the owner and operator of the Zephyr Service Station in Bloomfield and a bus driver for the Bloomfield School system. ...
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Trick or treat dates, times set
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
Halloween is just around the corner and area communities have announced their hours for trick-or-treating. Bloomfield and Dugger are the only communities with trick-or-treating times scheduled for two nights. Bloomfield's scheduled times are Monday and Tuesday from 6-8:30 p.m., while Dugger's scheduled times are Monday and Tuesday from 6-9 p.m...
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INDOT responsible for taking down signs
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
Various political signs throughout the county were removed from their locations Wednesday, but it wasn't the work of vandals or those from opposing parties. It was the work of the Indiana Department of Transportation. A news release from INDOT stated, "In the interest of public safety, political candidates and their supporters are asked not to post campaign signs in the right of way along state and federal highways. ...
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Youth hunt program pairs cops, kids
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge No. 105 have teamed up to offer an outdoor experience to area youth through a mentoring program. The program pairs kids who generally don't have much opportunity to be outdoors with law enforcement officers for a hunting experience at Redbird State Riding Area...
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Band enjoys studio, anxious to tour
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
Other than increasing their sense of adventure and wanderlust, recording an album for an indie label hasn't changed the members of the band Philpot. The guys are still grounded and in awe of some of the things they're getting to do. They said the experience hasn't gone to their heads...
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Vest will be missed by his family, friends
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
A long-time school bus driver for the Bloomfield School Corporation will be sadly missed by his co-workers, friends and family as well as the community. Bill Vest, who was a Bloomfield school bus driver for nearly 30 years, passed away at the age 71 on Wednesday...
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Bloomfield hires kindergarten teacher
(Local News ~ 10/27/06)
The Bloomfield School Board of Trustees on Thursday approved the hiring of Amy Gaines as a kindergarten teacher in a 5-1 vote. Gaines will fill the position that was left vacant by former kindergarten teacher Shannon Dean. Board member Doug Frye was the lone no vote...
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Witt ready for state finals
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/06)
Anthony Witt said all the pressure is off now, since he has achieved his goal of making the boys cross country state finals, which are set for 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute. Witt finished sixth at the Bloomington North Semistate Oct. 21 to earn a spot among the state's elite...
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