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No JV game for Bloomfield/Union
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
Tonight's Union at Bloomfield girls basketball game will be varsity only, according to Bloomfield Athletic Director Rick Hudson. Because of sickness, Union doesn't have enough players for a JV game.
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Thelma Avon (Calvert) Sharr
(Obituary ~ 12/20/07)
Thelma Avon (Calvert) Sharr, 93, of Bloomfield, passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday Dec. 19, 2007 at her residence. Born July 16, 1914 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Lloyd and Pearl (Secrest) Calvert. She was a homemaker and a member of the Newark General Baptist Church and attended the Mt. Calvary Church in Bloomfield...
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George L. Dowden Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/20/07)
George L. Dowden Jr. 54, of Indianapolis, passed away at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at his residence. Born April 28, 1953 in Linton, he was the son of George L. Sr. and Betty J. (Shonk) Dowden. He was a self-employed mechanic. Surviving relatives include: his children, Hope Dowden of Indianapolis, Brittany Dowden of Lebanon, Brenda Dowden, and George Dowden III, both of Tucson, AZ; his mother, Betty J. ...
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Alice M. Morrison
(Obituary ~ 12/20/07)
Alice M. Morrison, 42, of Linton, passed away Thursday, Dec., 20, 2007, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. Funeral arrangements are pendng at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonpoindexter.com...
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Retiree presents handcrafted clock to Air-Evac office
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
An Odon man recently surprised some Air Evac employees with a handcrafted clock. Ron Bell, a retired Crane employee, presented the clock to representatives of Brazil-based Air Evac No. 39 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton on Friday. "While up at Brazil I went to Air Evac and presented the corporate office with a clock," he explained. "The Brazil employees wanted to keep it for themselves."...
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Legal woes laid to rest for soldiers
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
EDINBURGH -- As the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team continues its upward momentum of mobilizing for Iraq, more than 3,400 soldiers must take every step in preparing to leave home. Ensuring that bills are paid on time, health issues are addressed and civilian jobs are secured upon returning are just a few of the issues that are sorted out prior to leaving...
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Cookie time for soldiers
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
EDINBURGH -- For a soldier, a call to deploy can be a stressful encounter. Those who leave for a year-long tour into combat zone could face a long, hard road away from friends and family. During this critical point, sometimes the best way to keep their spirits up is to show them support...
- Santa visits WRV/Lyons students (Local News ~ 12/20/07)
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Muzzleloader hunt termed a 'success'
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
The turnout for the third annual Muzzle Loading at the Landing-- a deer hunt for disabled persons, was once again a big success despite snowy and icy conditions. The hunt, which is sponsored by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and American Electric Power, was held in Sullivan County...
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Beech Creek mobile home destroyed by fire
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
No injuries were reported in a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Beech Creek Township on Wednesday morning. Eastern Volunteer Fire Chief Rob Johnson explained, "It (fire) started about 10:40 or 10:45 yesterday morning. When the first truck got there it was totally engulfed."...
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Solsberry man faces additional charges
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
A 44-year-old Solsberry man was arrested for the second time and additional charges have been filed against him in connection with a domestic dispute which occurred Nov. 20 in eastern Greene County. Marty A. Keys was first arrested Nov. 21 by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Dured Townsend after he was dispatched to Harper's Trailer Court on S.R. 45 west of Timber Trace. Keys was released on the same day as his arrest after posting $9,000 bond...
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Dugger Elementary students share joy of holiday season
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
Sharing the joys of the holiday season is exactly what one project at Dugger Elementary School is all about. Students at the school are involved in an on-going project called Gammy's Closet -- which uses donated clothing, toys and household items to help those in need...
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Shakamak hires new director of technology
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak has a new director of technology. At a special meeting Thursday evening, the MSD of Shakamak Board of School Trustees voted 4-0 to hire Jason Hunter as the new director of technology. Hunter will give a 12-month contract...
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Greene County selected as pilot community for HomeTown Competitiveness program
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
Greene County is among nine pilot communities that have been selected to participate in the Indiana HomeTown Competitiveness program Lt. Governor Becky Skillman, the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA), Ball State University's "Building Better Communities," Indiana Grantmakers Alliance, Purdue University's Center for Regional Development/Extension Service, USDA - Rural Development, and Indiana Rural Development Council announced the selection on Thursday...
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Pioneer Hi-Bred settles migrant workers federal case out of court
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
A group of 27 migrant farm workers from the Brownsville, Texas area, who ventured to Indiana to detassle corn for a Greene County-based company in the summer of 2005 won an $81,000 out-of-court settlement of a federal lawsuit earlier this month. They alleged the man who hired them to work for the seed corn operation that is owned by DuPont -- a Fortune 500 company -- took advantage of them...
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Springville man makes court appearance on rape charge
(Local News ~ 12/20/07)
A Springville man made a court appearance on Thursday afternoon and was formally charged with felony rape. Andrew G. George, 32, arrested Wednesday by Greene County Sheriff's Detective George Dallaire, appeared for an initial court hearing Thursday afternoon and entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of rape, a class B felony...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 12/20/07)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one license plate check, one title check, three information only, three accidents with personal injury, one property damage accident, two medical/illness, one alarm, one assist to another agency, one possibly intoxicated driver, one animal/canine removed, one domestic dispute/neighbor, one recovered vehicle or property and three traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Police Reports ~ 12/20/07)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Mainsource Bank v. Rebecca Fuller, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES Citibank (South Dakota) NA v. Teena R. Vaught AKA Teena R. Winger, collection
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 12/20/07)
Pleasantville Christmas Cantata The Pleasantville United Methodist Christmas Cantata "First Noel" has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. on Sunday. Solly Burton will provide special music. Eastern Greene School Board The Eastern Greene School Board of Trustees will meet for an executive session at 5 p.m. on Jan. 7 at the high school library...
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Dale, Ball to marry Saturday
(Engagement ~ 12/20/07)
Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Dale of Linton would like to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter Stefanie Marie Dale to Ryan Daniel Ball, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Theroff of Linton and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ball of Sandborn. The bride elect is a 2006 graduate of Indiana State University. She is currently a first-grade teacher at Linton-Stockton Elementary School...
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Lady Miners slip to 2-7
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/07)
Victoria Dorsett scored a game-high 23 points, helping the host Lady Bulldogs of Monrovia come up with a 58-50 victory over Linton-Stockton in high school girls basketball game in Morgan County Thursday night. The victory was just the third in 11 games for Monrovia, who also got 13 points from Julia Porter...
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Lakers, WRV, Union all play Friday night
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/07)
A trio of games Friday conclude pre-Christmas schedule for area boys basketball teams. Shakamak will be on the road at Rockville, Union will play at Turkey Run in a game that was postponed Saturday and White River Valley will entertain Washington Catholic...
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Lady Cardinals dominate Union on the glass and scoreboard
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/07)
BLOOMFIELD -- Host Bloomfield had more rebounds than Union had points as the Lady Cardinals, which summed up the night for the Lady Bulldogs, as Bloomfield thrashed Union 58-27 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school girls basketball game at Glover Gymnasium Thursday night...
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