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Buck Creek Muzzle Loaders help bring history alive
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
Despite the cold and at times snowy weather this weekend, several people headed to the Roy Clark Community Building for the 8th annual Buck Creek Muzzle Loaders Trade Fair. "We've had it snow and ice out there and had people come," said Dave O'Bryan, who serves as president of the Buck Creek Muzzle Loaders...
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Emile Lechien
(Obituary ~ 01/29/07)
Emile Lechien, 96, of Linton, passed away Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Jasonville. Born June 26, 1910 in Linton, he was the son of Adolph and Virginia Lechien. A World War II veteran who was awarded three Bronze Stars, he formerly worked at Linton Iron and Metal where he retired in 1975. He enjoyed fishing, woodworking and his family. He was a member of the Frank Courtney American Legion Post No. 22 in Linton...
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Eleanor Joy 'Toni' Lowe
(Obituary ~ 01/29/07)
Eleanor Joy "Toni" Lowe, 84, of Jackson, Miss., and formerly of Detroit, Mich., and Linton, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007 at Eaton Community Hospice. Born in Raglesville on Sept. 23, 1922, she was the daughter of the late H. Thad and Iva E. (Chestnut) McHolland...
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Losing streak reaches seven for Miners
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/07)
VERNE - The Linton-Stockton Miners were unable to hold an eight point lead heading into the final quarter as the South Knox Spartans picked up a 60-55 homecoming night victory over the reeling Miners to extend Linton's current losing streak to seven games...
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Lady Wolverines edge Lady Miners
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/07)
White River Valley Lady Wolverines laid claim to the second spot in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference after holding on late for a 39-37 win over Linton-Stockton Saturday afternoon. After the win, WRV finished 5-2 in the SWIAC, while Linton concluded conference play with a 4-3 mark...
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Cardinals fall short at North Central
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/07)
FARMERSBURG -- North Central led from start to finish as the host Thunderbirds defeated Bloomfield 55-40 in a high school boys basketball game here Friday night. Bloomfield guard Derrick Held, who had 10 points, three assists and two steals, hit a baseline jumper to cut the North Central advantage to 21-17 in the final 91 seconds of the opening half...
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Orleans hangs on to defeat Cardinals
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/07)
Orleans, ranked No. 7 in Class A, came into Saturday's game at Glover Gymnasium averaging almost 57 points. The Bloomfield defense limited Orleans to just three field goals in the second half, but the visiting Bulldogs came away with a 31-23 victory...
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Thunderbirds top Shakamak in Tri-River game
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/07)
FARMERSBURG -- North Central was facing its toughest weekend of the season, hosting sectional foes Bloomfield and Shakamak. After beating Bloomfield by 15 points Friday night, the Thunderbirds celebrated homecoming as they led from start to finish, posting a 51-33 Tri-River Conference victory over the Lakers here Saturday night...
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Lakers fall at No. 3 Barr-Reeve
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/07)
Barr-Reeve, the third-ranked boys basketball team in Class A, limited Shakamak to nine points in the first half as the Vikings went on to celebrate homecoming with a 48-37 victory at Montgomery Friday night. The Vikings, winners of 12 of 14 games, forged ahead 25-9 after the opening two quarters...
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Lois C. Kent
(Obituary ~ 01/29/07)
Lois C. Kent, 81, of Lyons, passed away at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007 at Lyons Health and Living Center. Born Sept. 28, 1925 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Edward and Ida (Humerickhouse) Canady. She retired from Greene County General Hospital in 1961 as the head dietician. She was a member of the Lyons American Legion Auxiliary No. 479 and the Worthington VFW...
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Tom Dillon
(Obituary ~ 01/29/07)
Tom Dillon, 58, of Loogootee, passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007 at his residence after a long illness. Born March 4, 1948, in Martin County, he was the son of Carl Dillon and Bertha Fields Dillon. He attended Loogootee schools and was a member of the Methodist Church. He worked at Loogootee Textile and then Loogootee and Washington Jay C Food Stores, from which he retired after 34 years of service...
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Foul play ruled out in Owensburg man's death
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
Foul play has been ruled out in the death of a 43-year-old rural Owensburg man whose body was discovered near his log home Saturday morning. Greene County Coroner Brian Gainey said preliminary autopsy results gleaned from an examination of the body conducted this morning at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute showed that Michael Lee Harper died of something other than trauma that would suggest foul play...
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Linton woman faces drug charges
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
A Linton woman turned herself in to Greene County authorities Thursday after she learned of a warrant for her arrest on two counts of drug dealing and a charge of maintaining a common nuisance. Accompanied by Terre Haute attorney Ed McClone, 36-year-old Marcy Frye surrendered at the Greene County jail in Bloomfield. She was arraigned in Greene County Circuit Court where she entered a not guilty plea and a 9 a.m. July 17 jury trial date was set...
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Grant helps Linton get another officers
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
Thanks to grant money from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute and Greene County Child Protective Services, the Linton Police Department is able to put another officer on the streets. In July 2006, Blaine Gillan left the LPD to become a conservation officer with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources...
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Program helps inmates with behavior
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
CARLISLE -- Saturday was graduation day for six offenders at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility who completed a cognitive behavior course, "Thinking for A Change." The five-month course consisted of a straightforward principle that thinking, which is an internal behavior, controls actions, an external behavior. Therefore, it is necessary to target offenders' thinking in order to change actions that lead to criminal conduct...
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Trial date set for Hymera man
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
A jury trial has been set for August for a Hymera man in connection with an alleged 2003 stabbing death. Larry P. Rudy, 53, of Hymera will be tried for the murder of 52-year-old George Wallisa, Jr., also of Hymera, in a jury trial that starts at 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 21 in Sullivan Superior Court. His pretrial conference hearing is slated for 9:30 a.m. May 7...
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Graves, Smith to run for Ward 3 in Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
Two Bloomfield residents have recently filed their intent to run for a seat on the Bloomfield Town Council. Keith Dale Graves and Teressa S. Smith have filed for the Democrat Ward 3 seat -- which is currently filled by Janet Basye who will not run for re-election...
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Wabash Valley Correctional Facility inmate dies
(Local News ~ 01/29/07)
CARLISLE -- James Byrd, 67, an offender at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, was pronounced dead at Sullivan County Community Hospital shortly after 7 a.m. on Saturday. Byrd collapsed in the day room of his maximum-security north cell while on a work detail. A custody officer administered CPR until medical staff arrived and transported him by ambulance to the Sullivan hospital...
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Gladys Marie Cantrell
(Obituary ~ 01/29/07)
Gladys Marie Cantrell, 86, of Bloomington, passed away Friday, Jan. 26, 2007 at Bloomington Hospital. Born May 25, 1920 in Monroe County, she was the daughter of Thomas B. and Lillie B. (Collier) Wampler. She was a homemaker and worked at Indiana University...
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Bulldogs beat Jug Rox to celebrate homecoming
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/07)
DUGGER - The Union Bulldogs secured their third victory of the season with a homecoming win over Shoals Friday night, 40-32. Eric Medley led all scorers with 15 points as his seven points in the first quarter allowed Union to build an early 9-4 lead...
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