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Sports Briefs
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/09)
Bloomfield Youth Baseball sign-ups The Bloomfield Youth League Baseball Association will hold it's next meeting on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bloomfield Public Library. Sign-ups for the 2009 baseball season will be: Saturday, Feb. 7th from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 11th from 5 p.m.-8 p.m at the Bloomfield Public Library...
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Dale Richard Bruhn
(Obituary ~ 01/20/09)
Dale Richard Bruhn, 73, of Worthington, IN, passed away on Jan. 14, 2009, at Bloomington Hospital. He was born October 10, 1935, in Bemidji, MN. Dale was a U. S. Marine Corp veteran and served during the Korean Conflict. He greatly enjoyed the outdoors, and was a heavy construction equipment operator until retirement.
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Larry D. Earle
(Obituary ~ 01/20/09)
Larry D. Earle, 64, of Linton, passed away at 3 a.m. Tuesday January 20, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born in Greene County on December 26, 1944 to Charles W. Earle Sr.and Salome Goodson Earle. Larry was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Lyons...
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Michael B. Donaldson
(Obituary ~ 01/20/09)
Michael B. Donaldson, 48, of Merritt Island, Fla. and formerly of Sandborn, passed away at his residence. He was the son of David and Heide (Ahrens) Anderson. Arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonpoindexter.com...
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Rosetta Marilyn Blair
(Obituary ~ 01/20/09)
Rosetta Marilyn Blair, 72, of Clay City passed away at her daughters' home at 3:40 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. She was born Feb. 8, 1936 in Greene County, the daughter of Henry T. and Pansy Goodman Rooksberry. Marilyn was a 1954 graduate of Marco High School. She had been a homemaker all her life. She enjoyed reading, crossword and jigsaw puzzles, crocheting, attending her grandson's soccer games and swinging on her front porch swing...
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Bush gives Linton-Stockton Board update on state budget
(Local News ~ 01/20/09)
Talk turned to the state budget during the January meeting of the Linton-Stockton School Board. Superintendent Ron Bush explained the importance of keeping an eye on the current session of the Indiana General Assembly. "They will come up with a two-year budget that will impact not only us but everybody that receives money from the state of Indiana," he said...
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Commissioners OK voting machines service agreement
(Local News ~ 01/20/09)
The Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday morning approved a yearly service agreement with MicroVote Corp., of Indianapolis, for maintenance of the county's electronic voting machines. The machines were first used in the 2006 Primary Election. The state-of-the-art, $305,562 system was paid for in full by a grant, which will be administered by the Indiana Secretary of State's Office...
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Hennette: Road bonds need to increase
(Local News ~ 01/20/09)
Greene County's new highway superintendent Mike Hennette advised the county commissioners at Tuesday morning's meeting that there needs to an increase in the amount of road bonds required when private firms use county roads. Hennette, who was appointed Jan. ...
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History touches local students
(Local News ~ 01/20/09)
Tuesday's historic presidential inauguration of Barack Obama reached into Jennifer Wall's fourth-grade class at Linton-Stockton Elementary School. While watching the televised event, Wall made comments and asked her students questions. One of her questions stemmed from the many tears that were shed during the ceremony...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 01/20/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included two requests for information only, one assist to the utility department after hours, one incident of vandalism, one fraud, one structure fire, one accident with personal injury, three accidents with property damage, one funeral escort, four medical/illness, one animal complaint, one harassment complaint, one extra patrol, one fingerprint for a gun permit and one domestic dispute.. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/20/09)
Book sale set for Thursday The Friends of the Bloomfield - Eastern Greene County Library will conduct a book sale on Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will be in the community room of the library at 125 S. Franklin Street. In addition to a large selection of fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, there will be a larger-than-usual number of video tapes at this sale. Most hardbacks are 50¢, paperbacks 25¢, with some vintage and premium books priced slightly higher...
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Ida Irene Walterss
(Obituary ~ 01/20/09)
Ida Irene Walters, 88, of Worthington, passed away Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 at Monroe Hospital in Bloomington. She was born October 16, 1920 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Elmer and Minnie Williams Zlaty. Ida was a homemaker and was a member of the Liberty United Methodist Church...
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Lady Lakers defeat Cardinals
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/09)
JASONVILLE -- The Shakamak girls basketball team used a 13-5 advantage in the third period to propel them to a 40-37 win over visiting Washington Catholic here Tuesday night. With the win the Lady Lakers improve 5-11 on the season. Shakamak head coach Troy Fougerousse said the game was as close to a full solid 32 minutes that the team has played this season...
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WRV girls top South Knox
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/09)
The White River Valley girls basketball team improved to 14-2 on the season with a 52-32 lopsided win over South Knox on the road Tuesday night. Stephanie Fougerousse led the way with a game-high of 20 points and 12 rebounds. The Lady Wolverines, who were coming off a heart-breaking 73-71 loss to Mitchell on a buzzer beater Saturday, showed no signs of a let down as they raced out to a 19-3 lead after the first eight minutes of play...
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Eastern Greene beats Miners, still unbeaten in SWIAC
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/09)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Eastern Greene made its first four 3-pointers as part of a 16-0 start as the host Thunderbirds cruised to a 62-42 victory over Linton-Stockton here Tuesday night in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference boys basketball game...
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Bulldogs win in Land of Lincoln
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/09)
After a season long seven-game losing streak, the Union (Dugger) boys basketball team recorded their second straight win as they traveled across the state line to defeat Hutsonville (Ill) Tuesday night 54-50 in overtime. The Bulldogs are now 3-9 on the season...
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Losing skid ends at seven for Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/09)
The Union (Dugger) boys basketball team put an end to their seven game losing streak with a 59-54 win over New Harmony on Saturday. With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 2-9 on the season while the Rappites fell to 4-9. B.J. Howard led three Bulldogs in double figures with a game-high of 20 points. Blane Boyd and Logan Chesterfield tallied 15 and 14 points respectively in the win...
- Baker thankful no one was injured in Monday fire (Local News ~ 01/20/09)
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Kinnett fire remains under investigation
(Local News ~ 01/20/09)
Local and state fire officials took an initial look Tuesday morning at the charred rubble left behind in the fire at Kinnett Auto Sale and Rentals in Linton on Monday night. Linton Fire Chief Gary Tannehill said a field investigator from the Indiana State Fire Marshal's office visited the fire scene and made an initial assessment. ...
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