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What is your favorite thing about fall?
(10/11/07)
"My favorite thing about fall is football." Aspen Taylor (Linton) --- "What I like about fall is watching college football. My favorite team is Notre Dame." Koye Kaiser (Linton) --- "NFL football, my favorite team is the Colts." Hayden Flath (Linton)...
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Margaret (Sanders) Jones
(Obituary ~ 10/11/07)
Margaret (Sanders) Jones, 82, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Linton, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Madisonville She was born Jan. 28, 1925, in Mitchell, the daughter of Loyd H. and Ada (Coyle) Sanders. She was a member of the Madisonville First Christian Church, a life time member of the National Thespian Society, a member of Psi Iota Xi and Que Vives of Linton and Beta Sigma Phi of Madisonville...
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Charles Jesse Trowbridge
(Obituary ~ 10/11/07)
Charles Jesse Trowbridge, 89, of Tampa, FL and formerly of Indianapolis, passed away Oct. 8, 2007. Born in Delaplaine AK, he lived in Tampa since 1992, retiring from his Florida business, Primary Maintenance Services, in 2004. In Indiana, he was employed at Ellis Trucking at the State Board of Health. A World War II veteran he was member of the 338th Engineers during the North Africa and Italy campaigns,...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 10/11/07)
LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one vehicle repossession, three follow-up investigations, two information only, one vandalism, one protective order violation, one utility repair, one accident with personal injury, one medical/illness, two animal complaints, two suspicious vehicles/persons, one assist to another agency, two harassment complaint, one possible intoxicated driver, one extra patrol, one community relations and eight traffic stops.. ...
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Greene County Court News
(Police Reports ~ 10/11/07)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Stella Mae House, personal representative of the estate of Hester Genevieve Lucas, deceased, v. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society DBA Shakamak Good Samaritan center, civil torte GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES...
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Trivia Bowl seeks team entrants for November 3 competition
(Local News ~ 10/11/07)
The Greene County Literacy Coalition will host the fourth annual Trivia Bowl on Nov. 3 to raise funds for its various organizations. The Trivia Bowl will be at 1 p.m. at the Saron Church in Linton. There will be an entry fee of $15 per person on a team or $60 per team. Each team will consist of four people, anyone may enter and an organization, business or other affiliation may submit as many teams as they would like...
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Agriculture development initiative comes to county
(Local News ~ 10/11/07)
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture has brought the Agricultural Economic Development Initiative to Greene County. Successfully piloted in 2005 in southwest Indiana, the initiative is being rolled out across the state. "Agricultural development is an important part of Governor Daniels' efforts to revitalize Indiana's economy," said Indiana Agriculture Director Andy Miller. ...
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New Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Library director getting in touch with student patrons; 2008 budget delivered to auditor
(Local News ~ 10/11/07)
John Helling, Director of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library, has been getting in touch with the children the library serves. At this week's meeting of the Library Board of Trustees, Helling reported visiting the schools in the library's district to make contacts and raise the profile of the library with youthful patrons...
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Greene County schools receive $150,000 grant
(Local News ~ 10/11/07)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Greene County Grant and Professional Development Consortium was at the Statehouse Thursday to accept a $150,000 grant presented by Lt. Governor Becky Skillman and the Office of Community and Rural Affairs. State Representative Bruce Borders (R-Jasonville) was there to congratulate the happy recipients...
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Pregnancy Choices to host infant safety classes
(Local News ~ 10/11/07)
Free classes that will educate new and expecting parents about infant sleep safety and other parenting matters will soon be offered to residents of Greene County. The classes will be taught by Jill Erickson and are being co-sponsored by Pregnancy Choices and CASA, explained Jerri Pearson, office administrator at Pregnancy Choices in Linton...
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Harrah wants public input on golf carts
(Local News ~ 10/11/07)
Future public discussion on the pros and cons of golf carts in the town of Bloomfield is welcomed by the town council president. Allowing golf carts in town was discussed in length by members of the public, law enforcement and council during the October council meeting...
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Corn-sorting ladies: Group enjoys spending time together each year
(Local News ~ 10/11/07)
WORTHINGTON -- Each year when it's time to harvest the corn from the fields of Pioneer, there's a special group of ladies who go to work on the corn-sorting crew. The reason they're special is because of their age, ranging from 60 up to 79-years-old...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 10/11/07)
Miner baseball players pumping gas The Linton Miner Baseball team will be pumping gas and cleaning windshields for a donation at Casey's General Store in Linton on Saturday, Oct. 20. The service will be offered during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mystery speak at church...
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To wed October 27
(Engagement ~ 10/11/07)
Mr. and Mrs. Lester and Janice Hinton of Newburgh, and formally of Jasonville, are proud to announce the wedding of their daughter Jamie to Jeremy Robertson. The wedding will be Oct. 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Friendly Grove Baptist Church in Lewis. Hinton is the granddaughter of the late Arnold Miller, of Jasonville and the late Lee and Barbara Hinton of Shelburn and Sturgis, Ky. She is also the granddaughter of Gerald and Dorothy Forbes of Jasonville...
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Bulldogs hold serve against rival North Central
(High School Sports ~ 10/11/07)
DUGGER -- The Union Lady Bulldogs got the best of the Sullivan county rivals North Central with a 25-14, 25-23, 22-25, 25-20 win over the Lady Thunderbirds in high school volleyball action in Dugger. "I am extremely satisfied with the win with it being a conference game," said Union coach Valerie Dean. "The girls were playing well, but our ball play seemed so slow. We just didn't have the spirit and aggressiveness that I expected with it being senior night."...
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Lady Cardinals pick up road win
(High School Sports ~ 10/11/07)
Bloomfield came up with 31 kills as the Lady Cardinal volleyball team went to Shoals and came way with 25-18, 25-23, 7-25, 25-13 victory over the Lady Jug Rox Thursday night. "We played pretty well," said Bloomfield High School coach Laura Kay Rose. "Our passing and serve receive was better."...
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October 12 sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 10/11/07)
Miners pumping gas at Casey's The Linton Miner baseball team will be pumping gas at the Casey's General Store in Linton on Saturday, October 20th from 8 a.m. 5 p.m. The full service pumps will be done for a donations. You can get your gas pumped and windshields cleaned, all for a donation...
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Lady Lakers win No. 26
(High School Sports ~ 10/11/07)
Shakamak extend its school record for wins in a season to 26 with a 25-18, 18-25, 25-17, 26-24 victory over Cloverdale at home Thursday night. The Class A No. 8 Lady Lakers concluded the best regular season in school history with just two losses. "We played really well in the first game," said SHS volleyball coach Jeri Morin. "But our intensity got a little lax after that...
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Cross country regional Saturday at Brown County
(High School Sports ~ 10/11/07)
For the second consecutive year, the Shakamak High School girls cross country team has advanced to regional competition. But Saturday at Brown County, they will be joined by the Laker boys team, who was fourth at Tuesday's Terre Haute North Sectional...
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Lady Miners earn win No. 21
(High School Sports ~ 10/11/07)
The Linton High School volleyball team had to go four games before defeating visiting Cloverdale 25-12, 25-16, 20-25, 25-18 Thursday night. It was the 21st victory of the season for the Lady Miners, against nine losses. Ashlea Beard (14), Ashley Sparks (13), Ashton Montgomery (13) and Samantha Butt (12) combined for 52 digs. Tricia Emmons had nine digs, Sarah Shaw five, Lauren Karazsia four and Megan Barnes, Brittany Rehmel and Savannah Mason each had three digs each...
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A. J. Graves Tabbed Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year
(High School Sports ~ 10/11/07)
Butler guard A. J. Graves has been selected as the Preseason Player of the Year in the Horizon League by a vote of league coaches, media and sports information directors. The Butler senior headlined the 10-player Preseason All-Horizon League Team released by the League office on Thursday, Oct. 11...
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