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Bloomfield NJROTC gets good review
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
The sound of highly polished and buffed marching boots pounding on a wooden floor -- that's more accustomed to the bouncing of basketballs -- echoed loudly through Guy Glover Gymnasium at Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School on Thursday morning. The sound of marching was in perfect unison, almost harmonic in cadence and identical with every step made by the 57 cadets who participated in the Naval Junior Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) yearly drill...
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Lady Cardinals finish regular season at 19-1
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/07)
It only took Jim Rose one look at the scorebook to figure out how his Class A No. 1 Bloomfield Lady Cardinals hung on to defeat Northview at Glover Gymnasium on Thursday night. Five girls combined to shoot 12-for-12 at the foul line in the fourth quarter, including 6 of 6 in the final 64 seconds, as Bloomfield won 56-50...
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Bloomfield loses hard-fought game
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/07)
Bloomfield High Schools girls lost a very hard-fought game Monday night at Owen Valley. After coming back from 12 points down the Cardinals gained possession of the ball with a score tied at 50-all. Coach Jim Rose had them hold the ball for almost three minutes to get the last shot. With 13 seconds remaining in the game they called a time out to set up the last play...
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White River Valley posts 12th victory
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/07)
White River Valley made 8 of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter, including two by Stephanie Fougerousse with seven seconds remaining, as the Lady Wolverines concluded the regular season with a 47-43 victory over Brownstown Central in a high school girls basketball game at Switz City Thursday night...
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Lady Miners hang on to defeat Barr-Reeve
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/07)
The Linton-Stockton Miners raced out to a quick lead only to hold on in the end to defeat Barr-Reeve, 48-42, in Linton on senior night Thursday. "I think defensively it started there," said Linton coach Mike Riggleman. "From the opening tip of the game we got three steals, three buckets right away. Defensively, I thought the girls did a nice job of talking and communication and they got back in sync when they could...
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Mildred Anita Leavitt
(Obituary ~ 02/02/07)
Mildred Anita Leavitt, 95, Route 2, Linton passed away at 11:55 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born April 4, 1911 in Greene County, she was the daughter of John Frances and Olive Huffman Leech. She formerly worked in L&M School cafeteria and was a member of the Eastern Star in Linton and the Lyons United Methodist Church...
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Kathy A. Cunningham
(Obituary ~ 02/02/07)
Kathy A. Cunningham, 52, of rural Linton, passed away Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born in Bloomington, on May 30, 1954, she was the daughter of Roy and Mildred L. (New) Harden. On May 2, 1981, she married Michael R. Cunningham...
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Linton police to serve others for fundraiser
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
As a fundraiser for the Linton Police Department's DARE program, officers will be working at Wendy's in Linton from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday. DARE/School Resource Officer Debbie McDonald said officers will be doing a variety of jobs at the restaurant, including wiping tables and cooking...
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Chamber has a lot of events coming up
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
Don't forget upcoming events for the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce. Our Spring edition of Meet The Miners will be Feb. 26 at the Linton Fire Station, and our annual Spring Expo will be March 3 at the Linton Armory. Both events are free to the public. We'll have more details on each event next week...
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Musician to take part in workshop
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
One local musician is looking forward to learning a few things from a finger-style guitarist who has recently been nominated for a Grammy. Kade Puckett, of Linton, will travel to Elizabethtown, Ky., on Sunday to take part in a three-hour guitar workshop with guitarist Tommy Emmanuel...
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Linton students get in Super Bowl spirit
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
Although the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears won't face off in the big game until Sunday, students in Debbie Harding's food and nutrition classes at Linton-Stockton High School had an early Super Bowl party Thursday morning. Harding's food and nutrition classes are in the party chapter of their textbooks, which includes lessons on making hors d'oeuvres...
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Linton-Stockton Elementary students have incentive program
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
Linton-Stockton Elementary School students now have an incentive program that rewards good attendance, attitude, and academics. The Triple A Club is new to the elementary school, but already 293 students have qualified for the club. To be in the club the student must make the A/B honor roll, have only one unexcused absence, and have no behavior problems in school per each six weeks...
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Sandborn Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
SANDBORN -- It was a monumental meeting for members of the Sandborn Town Council on Thursday night when they signed contracts to hire two companies to install the town's new sanitary sewer system. The council chose Kieffer Brothers of Mount Carmel, Ill., to install the mains and the septic tanks. The bid went to Thieneman Construction of Crown Point to build the treatment plant...
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Rehab Center to open business in Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
There is a new retail store opening in downtown Bloomfield that has an additional important mission other than earning a profit. The Rehabitat This N' That Shop will open its doors for the first time Saturday at 18 West Main Street. The business is an off-shoot of the Greene County Rehab Center -- a residential and outpatient drug and alcohol addictions treatment facility on North Seminary Street in Bloomfield...
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Philpot to be on TV tonight
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
Local band Philpot will be featured on a television broadcast which will be aired today at 10 p.m. on Public Broadcast Service's "The Weekly Special" show on WTIU-Channel 30, Bloomington. The band is also on tour throughout Indiana this month promoting its new album "Hate Writes Better Than Love." That CD will be released soon on Toucan Cove/Universal Records...
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Hill working in Iraq
(Local News ~ 02/02/07)
An eastern Greene County man currently goes to work every day in the one-time palace where the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein lived and planned his military operations. The massive and elegant palace is now home to much of the central operations of the Coalition forces and serves as the home for the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO) where Edwin E. (Ed) Hill is a civilian employee on special assignment with the United States Coast Guard...
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Area sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/07)
WRV splits with Shakamak White River Valley defeated Shakamak 40-13 Thursday night in an eighth-grade girls basketball game. Ashley Hamilton led the Lady Wolverines (8-8) with 26 points. Kaitlyn Robertson had six points, Tesa Horsting four, Paige Kidwell and Makayla Mowery each added two...
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