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Sectional Football Pairings
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/08)
2008 Indiana High School Football Sectional Pairings Courtesy John Harrell CLASS 5A SECTIONAL 1 Crown Point (3-6) at Merrillville (6-3) Lake Central (3-6) at Munster (6-3) Michigan City (4-5) at Chesterton (7-2) Portage (6-3) at Valparaiso (8-1) SECTIONAL 2...
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EGHS to meet Paoli in first round of sectional
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/08)
SECTIONAL 31 Eastern (Pekin) (0-9) at Mitchell (1-8) Eastern Greene (2-7) at Paoli (8-1) Indian Creek (6-3) at Clarksville (3-6) Providence (5-4) at Brownstown Central (7-1) When Eastern Greene (2-7) travels to Paoli (8-1) at 7:30 p.m. Friday for a first-round game in Class 2A Sectional 31, neither team will need a scouting report...
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Charles "Ray" Brown
(Obituary ~ 10/22/08)
Charles "Ray" Brown, 92, of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:01a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born December 1, 1915 in Newberry, he was the son of Henry and Bertha (Corya) Brown. Ray was a farmer and would have been a teacher at Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church for 72 years this November 30th. He was a member of the Newberry Masonic Lodge for more than 50 years, the Polled Heifer Association, and the Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church...
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David Lee Burger
(Obituary ~ 10/22/08)
David Lee Burger, 60, of Jasonville and formerly of Florida, passed away Monday, Oct. 20. 2008 at the Veteran's Administration (VA) Hospital in Indianapolis. Born Feb. 19, 1948 in Indiana, he was the son of George Burger and Betty J. (Crysell) Burger...
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Letters to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/22/08)
Where is Obama getting his money? To the Editor: In the past year, Americans have struggled to make ends meet. Our neighboring states experiencing major unemployment and plant closings. And in the past month, we watched in fear and anger as Washington supported a $700 billion bailout...
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E-mail helps turn attention from election
(Column ~ 10/22/08)
Election Rejection -- that's the headline Matt Drudge put above his story on Wednesday about how viewership of all the major network news shows is going downhill fast. That's because everyone is ready for a vacation from this negative news. Let's vote and get it over with...
- Bulldogs to face West Washington in football sectional (High School Sports ~ 10/22/08)
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Miners, Braves meet in battle of unbeaten teams
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/08)
Class A SECTIONAL 40 Springs Valley (0-9) at North Daviess (6-3) Wood Memorial (2-7) at Perry Central (9-0) West Washington (5-4) at Union (Dugger) (6-3) Linton-Stockton (9-0) at Tecumseh (9-0) Usually you have to wait a couple of weeks into the tournament to get a match-up of undefeated, state-ranked teams. ...
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Both 8th District candidates claim to have conservative values
(Local News ~ 10/22/08)
The race for Indiana's 8th District congressional seat features two candidates who claim to have conservative values. Tapped by Congressional Quarterly as one of the key "races to watch" in November, the 8th District pits freshman incumbent Brad Ellsworth, D-Evansville, against Greg Goode, R-Terre Haute...
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Hall faces attempted theft charge
(Local News ~ 10/22/08)
A prezliminary charge of attempted theft, a class D felony, was filed against Dustin J. Hall in Greene Circuit Court Wednesday. Hall is accused of opening and entering a black 1993 Ford Ranger pickup that was parked on Indiana Avenue in Bloomfield - looking for money...
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Trivia bowl will test your knowledge, help literacy coalition
(Local News ~ 10/22/08)
The Greene County Literacy Coalition is seeking teams to battle it out during its upcoming trivia bowl. The fifth annual trivia bowl, which raises money for the coalition, is set for 1 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Saron Church in Linton. Entry fee is $15 per person on a team or $60 per team, explained Beth Burcham, who serves as the coordinator of the Greene County Literacy Coalition...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 10/22/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one fraud, one title check, one follow-up investigation, one request for information only, one drug investigation, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, one lost and found, three medical/illness, one alarm, two suspicious vehicles/persons, one message delivery, one welfare check/concern, one motor vehicle theft and 13 traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 10/22/08)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Dustin J. Hall, attempted theft State v. Donnie W. Abney, Jr., theft CIVIL CASES Fifth Third Bank v. David B. Crites, Peggy J. Crites, civil plenary Stacey Johnson v. David Johnson, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 10/22/08)
Glenburn Home craft sale A craft sale will be held from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Friday at Glenburn Home in Linton. All proceeds go to Christmas for children. Dinner and a movie concert The Eastern Greene band program presents dinner and a movie concert Oct. 30 at the EG Middle School-- with dinner at 5:30 p.m. and concert at 7:15 p.m...
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Goose Pond 'pools' will start filling up soon
(Local News ~ 10/22/08)
The State Road 59 resurfacing project -- south of Linton -- that stated in July is nearing completion and Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area project manager Brad Feaster expects the main pools to start filling up soon. The Indiana Department of Transportation's (INDOT) $1.1 million road project being done by Poindexter Excavating of Indianapolis is winding down and Feaster expects a fiber optic cable to be moved in a few weeks...
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Yes, it was an Armadillo found near the Goose Pond; but it had 'help' getting here
(Local News ~ 10/22/08)
Yes, it was an Armadillo that was recently found as a road kill in the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area south of Linton. No, the strange-looking critter -- common to regions in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas -- has not migrated north to Indiana, according to Brad Feaster, who works as property manager for the Goose Pond FWA...
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Stolen truck recovered in Worthington
(Local News ~ 10/22/08)
A Linton man, who was charged with stealing meat from a local grocery store in August, is back in jail. This time, 31-year-old Donald "Donnie" W. Abney, Jr. faces three charges related to auto theft. A truck parked behind the "Jiffy Treat" ice cream store in Linton was stolen sometime around noon Tuesday...
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QUICK WORK: Church being built in less than a week
(Local News ~ 10/22/08)
State Road 54 in Sullivan County will soon be the site of a new Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. The construction of the building kicked off on Tuesday and will be complete in time for Sunday, services, explained Michael Bowman, who is serving as the crew personnel director...
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