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Three awarded Lilly scholarships
(Local News ~ 03/23/07)
Three Greene County high students will receive full tuition, four-year college scholarships as the Greene County Foundation and Owen County Community Foundation 2007 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars. The Greene County Foundation recipients are: Laura Beth Correll, a senior at Linton-Stockton High School and Kevin Cross, a White River Valley High School senior...
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Seminar will be good
(Column ~ 03/23/07)
It's scary how often you hear of people becoming victims of scams and frauds in the news today. It happens so often, which shows how important it is to try and protect yourself from those crimes. A Monday evening seminar, hosted by the Linton Police Department and the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce, will help educate the public on scams and frauds. It will kick off at 6 p.m. in the Roy Clark Community Building...
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Lyons begins the season with 22 players
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/07)
SWITZ CITY -- Eric Lyons is hopeful as he begins his sixth season in charge of the White River Valley High School baseball program. And why not? Lyons has eight returning players and 14 newcomers, including nine freshmen, as part of a 22-player roster...
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Good luck Graves and the Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/07)
Good Luck to A.J. Graves and his Butler Bulldogs as they take on Florida tonight. The Bulldogs have been giant killers all year. I hope they continue--especially since I have them in a pool. By allowing Ohio State's Ron Lewis to hit a game tying three pointer at the buzzer led to Xavier's defeat as Ohio State dominated the over time and won the game 78-71...
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Berns: Miners are working hard
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/07)
In all of Bart Berns' previous 16 years coaching the Linton-Stockton baseball team, he believes the team stands out in one regard over all the other teams. "This is the hardest working group I've ever been around," said Berns, who enters his 17th season as coach of the Miners. ...
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Larry L. Jones
(Obituary ~ 03/23/07)
Larry L. Jones, 71, of Bloomfield passed away at 9:55 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Oct. 25, 2007 in Marco, he was the son of Louie William and Clarabell (Stancombe) Jones. He was the tool maker foreman at NSWCCrane and he also worked at COMARCO before he retired. ...
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M. Marcille Ellingsworth
(Obituary ~ 03/23/07)
M. Marcille Ellingsworth, 93 of Sullivan passed away at 12:20 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2007 at Sullivan County Community Hospital in Sullivan. She was born Oct.11, 1913 in Cass, to Floyd Bledsoe and Blanche Carr Bledsoe. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sullivan, where she sang for many years in the choir and taught Bible and Sunday School. She was also a lifetime member of the Village Homemakers Home Economics Club...
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Budd running for Linton City Council
(Local News ~ 03/23/07)
Linton resident Richie Budd is one of three Democrats seeking the party nomination for Linton City Council Ward 4. Budd -- who has served on the Linton Fire Department for the last two and a half years -- said that if elected to the council he will treat it like a second job...
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Bedwell running for Linton City Council
(Local News ~ 03/23/07)
Linda Bedwell has announced her intent to seek the Democrat Party's nomination for Linton City Council Ward 4. Bedwell, a Democrat, is self-employed and cleans various offices in addition to running a sewer cleaning business. "I'm a very hard worker. I have a lot of energy," she said...
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Duncan to run for Jasonville City Council
(Local News ~ 03/23/07)
JASONVILLE -- Brad Duncan has thrown his name into the hat for the position of Jasonville City Council At-Large. Duncan, a Democrat, will face Sandra Fiscus in the May Primary Election. The winner will face Republican Randy Beller in the November general election. Beller is unopposed in the primary election...
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Bloomfield board gets update on budget
(Local News ~ 03/23/07)
The delay of the 2007 budget was the main topic of discussion during the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees meeting Thursday. School board president Steve Dowden gave an update on the current status of the budget. He explained, "Greene County has yet to finalize trended property values for 2007," noting that as of March 5 the tax increment financing study was completed by Greene County officials and forwarded to the state for review...
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Linton police, students celebrate DARE program
(Local News ~ 03/23/07)
Thursday night was an evening of celebration as this year's Linton-Stockton Elementary fifth-graders became the school's first to graduate from the DARE -- Drug Awareness Resistance and Education -- program. Linton Police Department officer Debbie McDonald, who spent 13 weeks teaching the DARE program to Linton-Stockton fifth-graders, said 117 students completed the program and graduated...
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Eastern Greene bomb threat found
(Local News ~ 03/23/07)
Local law enforcement officers were called to Eastern Greene School late Wednesday afternoon after a bomb threat, which was written on a bathroom wall, was found. According to Greene County Sheriff Terry Pierce, his agency was contacted at 5:32 p.m. on Wednesday by Eastern Greene Assistant Principal Doug Lewis regarding a threat written on a bathroom wall. Pierce said his agency contacted the Indiana State Police...
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More schools need to be smoke free
(Column ~ 03/23/07)
Eastern Greene School Corporation will be presented with a very special award April 9 -- honoring it for becoming a 100 percent smoke-free campus. Eastern Greene is the first public school corporation in Greene County to be presented the Gary Sandifur Tobacco Free School Award. Turning Point received the Sandifur Award last September...
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