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Linton library dedication set for Thursday
(Local News ~ 12/25/07)
The Linton Public Library Board of Trustees will host a dedication ceremony on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. to unveil the new dedication plaque. The ceremony will be inside by the front doors. The public is invited to join in for this wonderful way to celebrate 2007. Light refreshments will be served...
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Santa gets help from Worthington police officers
(Local News ~ 12/25/07)
Officers from the Worthington Police Department have reported that Santa Claus was in Greene County late in the night on Christmas Eve. They know because they saw him and offered to assist him on his rounds. There were 10 children in Worthington that the WPD was afraid Santa might miss. And, so they helped him find his way to the children's houses...
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Make reading to your child a 'resolution'
(Column ~ 12/25/07)
How important is it to be able to read on grade level? Let's talk facts. This past year, California looked at the reading level of incoming fourth-grade students and started planning building prison cells based on the number of those not reading on grade level. It's scary, but true...
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Santa wears a blue uniform; helps area families have a nice Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/25/07)
BLOOMINGTON -- Recently, troopers from the Indiana State Police Post in Bloomington were able to help struggling families from Monroe and Greene counties. Troopers treated families to a holiday shopping trip at the Bloomington Wal-Mart store. The shopping trips were courtesy of the Indiana Troopers Association (ITA)...
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LPD fines will help Linton
(Local News ~ 12/25/07)
Some of the fines now collected from written local citations are now cheaper and benefit one Greene County city. Linton Police Chief Troy Jerrell explained, "Through the city's progress, as far as updating ordinances some have been re-vamped. In the process fines, street, speeding and parking ordinances have been updated."...
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Halstead Family Fund begins a new family tradition
(Local News ~ 12/25/07)
Pete and Charlene Halstead of Linton have recently established a family endowment fund at the Greene County Foundation. Called a "donor advised" fund, the Halstead family will gather yearly and decide on a charitable organization or cause that they would like to support through a grant. The family will make their funding recommendation to the Greene County Foundation's Board of Directors...
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Clark credits others for successful run as Jasonville mayor
(Local News ~ 12/25/07)
JASONVILLE -- Mayor Dorman Clark has only a few more days to sit in Jasonville mayor's seat. Saying it was time to quit, he chose not to run in the fall election. "I knew it was time to get out and go in another direction," Clark said. Reflecting on his 12 years in office, Clark says he feels he met most of his challenges...
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Extra patrols working holiday weekend
(Local News ~ 12/25/07)
Under the "No Refusal" Program in effect from Saturday through New Year's Day, extra officers will be working the roads across Greene County looking for drivers who are operating vehicles while intoxicated or under the influence of other substances. Facts about the program, according to Greene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw, are listed below...
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'No Refusal' program hopes to keep drunk drivers off the roadways
(Local News ~ 12/25/07)
Don't drink and drive in Greene County over the upcoming long New Year's holiday weekend. That's the message from law enforcement officers across the county who have announced they will all be participating in a four-day stepped-up effort to keep intoxicated drivers off the roads...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 12/25/07)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Monday included five information only, one juvenile/delinquent, eight assists to the utility department after hours, one vandalism, one disorderly conduct, one structure fire, one vehicle fire, one complaint of reckless driving, five accidents with property damage, two funeral escorts, one fight, two medical/illness, two alarms, four animal complaint, twp prowlers, two suspicious vehicles/persons, two assists to other agencies, one harassment complaint, one child abuse/neglect, five thefts-other, one animal/debris in roadway, three welfare checks/concerns, one 911 prank/false call, two assists to the utility department, two arrests-wanted on warrant, two abandoned vehicles, three ordinance violations, one battery and nine traffic stops.. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 12/25/07)
Coin Club will not meet this month Greene County Coin Club will not have a December meeting. Next meeting will be Jan. 23, 2008 Library dedication ceremony The Linton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a dedication ceremony for the building and to unveil the Dedication Plaque by the circulation desk on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to join us for this wonderful ceremony. Light refreshments will be served...
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Lady Miners have cold shooting night against Eels
(High School Sports ~ 12/25/07)
The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners continue to struggle shooting the basketball and it showed Saturday evening as Linton lost for the eighth time in 10 games with a 47-29 setback at home to Eminence in a Tri-River Conference showdown. "We couldn't drop the ball in the ocean," said Linton-Stockton coach Mike Riggleman. "We just went back to our shooting woes, I guess. That was the majority of it, anyway...
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Purdue's Tiller, Central Michigan's Jones match offenses
(High School Sports ~ 12/25/07)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- When Joe Tiller came to Purdue in 1997, he was told his high-octane offense would never work in the Big Ten. Not only would the spread attack be frowned upon in a conference that still believed in Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and "three yards and a cloud of dust," but a pass-based system would be grounded by the wind and cold of a Midwest autumn...
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Jasonville woman jailed following wreck; faces felony neglect and drunk driving charges
(Local News ~ 12/25/07)
A rural Jasonville woman was jailed for drunk driving and neglect of a dependent following a single-vehicle Christmas Eve wreck on State Road 59 in Midland. Kellie G. Walton, 35, of Route 1, Jasonville was arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and neglect of a dependent, according to Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Leon Dunigan, who investigated the 4:57 p.m. accident at the intersection of State Road 59 and West Main Street...
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