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AP Indiana High School Football Top 10 Teams
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/07)
The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school football teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of Aug. 25, rating points (360 possible) and previous rankings: Class 5A Others receiving votes: Indpls Pike 26. Franklin Central 24. Indpls Arlington 12. Ev. North 10. Bloomington South 10. Portage 6. Bloomington North 6. Mishawaka 2. Indpls N. Central 2...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 08/27/07)
Greene County Jail Log Linton Police Department Activity Log The Linton Police Department responded over the weekend to one fraud, two follow up investigations, four information only requests, one fight, two vandalisms, one custody exchange/dispute, two loitering complaints, three property damage accidents, one lost and found, eight medical/illness runs, two alarms, four harassment complaints, one domestic battery, one possible intoxicated driver, one child abuse/molestation/neglect, two theft-others, one disabled/stranded vehicle, one motor vehicle theft, two domestic/neighbors and one ordinance violation. ...
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Sarah June Armpriester
(Obituary ~ 08/27/07)
Sarah June Armpriester Sarah June Armpriester, 83, formerly of Bicknell, passed away at 5:15 a.m. Monday, August 27, 2007 at the Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, NC. She was born Sept. 12, 1923, in Linton, the daughter of Charles and Madge Hazel (Helms) Rogers...
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Mary Ellen Harden
(Obituary ~ 08/27/07)
Mary Ellen Harden, 92, of Linton, died at 5:32 p.m. Saturday, August 25, 2007, at the Glenburn Home in Linton. Born in Jasonville on February 2, 1915, she was the daughter of Claude and Gertrude (Wilson) Hastings. A 1933 graduate of Jasonville High School, she moved to Linton in 1987. She worked as secretary to the superintendent at Jasonville and Shakamak School for 21 years. She was a member of the Lawton Street Christian Church and the Associate Chapter of Tri Kappa, both in Jasonville...
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Viola Faye Haseman
(Obituary ~ 08/27/07)
Viola Faye Haseman, 87, of Kingston, TN, formerly of Clay City and Linton, passed away Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007, at Life Care Center of Morgan County in Wartburg, TN. She was born Oct. 6, 1919, in Knox County, the daughter of Walter Everett and Cora Ethel (Cox) Laughlin...
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Jimmie L. Hubbard
(Obituary ~ 08/27/07)
Jimmie L. Hubbard, 59, Indianapolis, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2007. He was born in Linton on Jan. 2, 1948, the son of Jesse and Iva (Turpin) Hubbard. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he served in the Vietnam War, and was a member of VFW Post 261. He was an aviation mechanic for 35 years, most recently employed at AAR Indianapolis Maintenance Center...
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Bloomfield teacher excited about upcoming presentation
(Local News ~ 08/27/07)
One Bloomfield Elementary teacher is excited about making a presentation at an upcoming national conference in October. Susie Goodman, Title I coordinator and Literacy Lab coordinator, explained that while at a Central Indiana Educational grant-writing Workshop she was asked by a Waterford representative to talk about how BES has personalized Waterford at the upcoming conference...
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Car show to be a part of weekend music festival
(Local News ~ 08/27/07)
Humphreys Park will soon be the sight of vintage cars and trucks during the Linton Music Festival's Classic Cruisers Car Show scheduled for Sunday. The free show is slated to run from noon to 4 p.m. Linton Music Festival Organizer Jared Albright explained, "We're expecting as many as last year ... about 100 (vehicle) entries. The cars are lined up around Humphreys Park and it's free to look."...
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Woman arrested following theft of aluminum siding
(Local News ~ 08/27/07)
A 47-year-old Mitchell woman has been released from jail following a weekend arrest. Cynthia R. Jones was arrested on a theft warrant Saturday by Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Jeremy Cook. She was released after posting $4,000 bond. According to a probable cause, written by Trooper Harry Bedwell of the Indiana State Police and filed in Greene Circuit Court, theft of aluminum siding from a residence on State Road 54 was reported on April 6 by Troy Brooks...
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Music to fill the air at park
(Local News ~ 08/27/07)
The third annual Linton Music Festival entertainment line-up is sure to please musical fans of all ages. The free festival -- which will showcase 35 musical talents -- is scheduled to kick-off Friday and run through Sunday at Humphreys Park. LMF Organizer Jared Albright explained, "I'm pretty pumped for it. We have done a lot more promoting than we've done in the past. We're expecting a lot more people and there won't be a band on stage that isn't spectacular."...
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Lyons man feels lucky he wasn't hurt worse in robbery
(Local News ~ 08/27/07)
LYONS -- Petro Plus attendant Eric Robinson has made the one-half block walk to the bank after the service station closes to deposit the day's receipts many times before during the last six years when he's worked Friday and Saturday nights. Never before were there any problems or reason to worry in the small town with a population of less than 750 residents...
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Local guardsmen getting ready for deployment
(Local News ~ 08/27/07)
Saturday was a time of fun, games and relaxation for members of the Indiana National Guard newest named unit -- Company A Task Force 1-151 -- based in Linton. The unit was returning from an intensive three-week training exercise at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center near Edinburgh that the two top commanding officers in the unit were calling a prelude to a second deployment to the Persian Gulf region as part of Operation Noble Eagle/Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom...
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Wolverines fall 4-1 at Barr-Reeve
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/07)
Barr-Reeve won for the eighth time in nine boys tennis matches, defeating visiting White River Valley 4-1 Monday. "We were just outmatched," said WRV coach Mike Karr. "We have no excuses. They are a really nice tennis team. "We are 0-4 but our four opponents have a combined 15-3 record. It just works out that we have a lot of the tougher teams on our schedule early. Barr-Reeve is as good as anybody we play, if not the best we have played so far. They are pretty solid from top to bottom."...
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Bloomfield JV falls to Martinsville
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/07)
The Bloomfield junior varsity volleyball team lost in two games to Martinsville Monday night, 25-24, 25-16, prior to the varsity contest at Guy Glover Gymnasium. Katie Walker finished with seven poitns, ace ace, six kills, and a block. Britian Weatherholt had four points and six digs. Ariel Fuller had six points, an ace and eight digs. Allie Gilliland had 10 points, one ace, two kills, one assist, and nine digs...
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Lady Cards show improvement against Martinsville
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/07)
Despite a 25-15, 25-23, 25-21 loss at home to Class 4A Martinsville, Bloomfield volleyball coach Laura Kay Rose saw improved play with her Lady Cardinals, who slipped to 1-7. "We looked a lot better," said Rose. "At times, we had some confusion on defense. We had some silly errors and had trouble making up for those. We were not thinking about good placement at times."...
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Lady Miners win Riverton Parke Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/07)
After a disappointing effort at the Greene County cross country meet Thursday, Linton-Stockton girls coach Mike Riggleman wasn't expecting his team to bounce back so quickly. But the Lady Miners placed three girls in the top 20 as they captured first place with 75 points, edging runner-up South Knox by one point...
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Lady Bulldogs lose to Cloverdale in five
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/07)
DUGGER -- Union was poised to start a winning streak when they jumped ahead of visiting Cloverdale Monday night in a high school volleyball match. But the Lady Clovers rallied from one game down and 11 points behind in game two to pull out a 18-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 15-8 victory...
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Cardinals win pair of 5-0 matches
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/07)
The Bloomfield Cardinals' tennis team picked up a pair of 5-0 wins in a matter of four days, first coming Friday with a victory over White River Valley, and Monday night's win over Washington Catholic. "Washington Catholic fielded a young, inexperienced team and it showed in the scores," said Bloomfield coach Mike Canty...
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Inman to undergo Tommy John surgery
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/07)
One former Shakamak graduate, who was an integral part of the Lakers' two consecutive state championship appearances, will have to wait a while before he can enjoy his college experience as a normal collegiate athlete. Instead, 2007 Greene County Daily World baseball player of the year Ridge Inman will undergo Tommy John surgery at the end of the month, putting on hold his college future...
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