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Homer Lewis Helms
(Obituary ~ 10/13/09)
Homer Lewis Helms, 79, of Spencer, passed away at the Residence at McCormick's Creek, Monday, October 12, 2009. He was born Feb. 26, 1930 in Bloomfield, to Harvey Sr. and Mildred (Heaton) Helms. Homer served in the United States National Guard for six years, worked in Customer Service for TWA for 32 years, and worked for Home Laundry in Bloomington for eight years. He was a member of McCormick's Creek Pentecostal Church...
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Carl Elbert Reeve
(Obituary ~ 10/13/09)
Carl Elbert Reeve, 85, of Bloomington, passed away Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 at the Meadowood Health Pavilion. Born May 13, 1924 in Washington, IN. he was the son of Earl and Jennie (Barber) Reeve. He served in the United States Navy during WWII as a carrier pilot of Night Fighters, flying Wildcats, Hellcats and Corsair planes. ...
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Joy Anne VanHorn
(Obituary ~ 10/13/09)
Joy Anne VanHorn, 85 of Linton, formerly of Coal City died Oct. 12, 2009 at the Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton. She was born Nov. 19, 1923 in Coal City the daughter of Charles W. VanHorn, Sr. and Minnetta Pearl VanHorn. She graduated from Coal City High School and attended the John Herron Institute of Art in Indianapolis. ...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 10/13/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one drug investigation, one funeral escort, three medical/illness, one alarm, two animal complaints, one speeding vehicle, one theft-other, two disabled/stranded vehicles, two fingerprints for a gun permit and one traffic stop...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 10/13/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Rebecca Lee Frayser v. Jeffrey Todd Wilson, dissolution Green Tree Servicing LLC v. Floyd L. McGinn, Jackie K. McGinn, Norwest Financial Indiana etal, mortgage foreclosure Kevin Conrad Passen v. Mary Passen, dissolution...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 10/13/09)
Jasonville F &A.M. degree work Jasonville F. & A.M. Lodge #530 will conduct a F.C. degree on Oct. 21. A meal will be served at 6 p.m. Work will be at 7 p.m. Visiting brethren are welcome. Newberry Festival meeting A Newberry Festival planning meeting will be Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Newberry United Methodist Church basement...
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Three health fairs planned for eastern Greene County
(Local News ~ 10/13/09)
Three eastern Greene County fire departments -- Eastern Greene, Center Township and Owensburg-Jackson Township -- are working together and sponsoring a series of Health Fair events. The first Health Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Center Township Fire Dept. located in Little Cincinnati -- just east of the new Eastern Greene High School...
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Linton police chief offers Halloween tips
(Local News ~ 10/13/09)
With Halloween quickly approaching, trick or treaters should use extra caution when in search of sweets and treats. Linton Police Chief Troy Jerrell advised trick or treaters to never go alone. "Be sure older children use the buddy system," he said, adding that an adult should always accompany young children...
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State funding cut for Linton's retirement community project
(Local News ~ 10/13/09)
Linton and four other Hoosier cities have lost state funding for their Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NNORC) programs. NNORC is about making the community more livable as its residents age. The goal is to make it possible for more people to stay in their homes and prevent long term care in a nursing home...
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Phillip Key
(Obituary ~ 10/13/09)
Phillip Key, 82, of Worthington, passed away at 9:15 A. M. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, at Glenburn Home in Linton. He was born Aug. 4, 1927 in Mishawaka to William and Elizabeth (Hullett) Key. He was retired from NSWC Crane in 1972 after 30 years service. He was a Navy Veteran of World War II...
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Dog bite in Worthington unleashes call for action on owners
(Local News ~ 10/13/09)
The Worthington Town Council aims to take a bite out of the wallets of pet owners who allow their animals to attack. The town could also soon quote cartoon character Bart Simpson: "Don't have a cow, man." And, for that matter, don't have chickens, goats, mules and many other kinds of livestock, either - at least inside the city limits...
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Lady Cardinals advance to regional
(High School Sports ~ 10/13/09)
NASHVILLE -- Led by sophomore standout Julie Riggins, the Bloomfield Lady Cardinals advanced out of the Brown County girls cross country sectional here Tuesday at Eagle Park. With Riggins finishing eighth, the Lady Cardinals finished fifth with 137 points, easily outdistancing Brown County for the final spot by 40 points...
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Lady 'Dogs drop another one
(High School Sports ~ 10/13/09)
The Union (Dugger) Lady Bulldogs dropped to 0-21 on the year after falling 25-17, 25-15, 25-17 to North Knox at Bicknell Tuesday evening. "We played excellent tonight," Union (Dugger) coach Nikki McCoy said. "We improved on every aspect of the game. They worked harder tonight than I have ever seen them work, it's a shame that we came up short in the end."...
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Usual suspects advance from Terre Haute sectional
(High School Sports ~ 10/13/09)
TERRE HAUTE -- There were very few surprises at the end of the Indiana High School Athletic Association Terre Haute Cross Country Sectional, contested at the Lavern Gibson Championship Course here Tuesday. Terre Haute North ran away with both the boys and girls titles while Shakamak's dynamic duo of Drew Gambill and Casey Fougerousse joined the Lady Lakers in advancing to Saturday's regional at Brown County...
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Jasonville Council talks about number of firefighters on medical runs
(Local News ~ 10/13/09)
The Jasonville City Council discussed Tuesday evening whether to replace the fireman who recently left the department, and - due to certain areas of the fire department being in the red - how to manage medical runs. "I don't think we need six people on a medical call," noted councilman Stephen Lee...
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Locally-made jack standard equipment for global trip
(Local News ~ 10/13/09)
A South African couple on an around-the-world trip by vehicle recently visited Bloomfield Manufacturing Company because they wanted to see the place where the Hi-Lift Jack was made Jan Vorster explained that preparing for such a long and grueling trip required the proper selection of a vehicle with very certain specifications...
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Hi-Lift Jack Company welcomes South African visitors
(Local News ~ 10/13/09)
Bloomfield Manufacturing Company -- home of the Hi-Lift Jack -- had unexpected visitors recently, who had traveled all the way from South Africa to have their jack repaired and experience some Hoosier hospitality. The couple, who have been on the road for 5 ? years traveling through 88 countries in a modified Land Rover Series 2B Overlander, came to Bloomfield in mid-August to tour the jack factory and have their own Hi-Lift Jack repaired, explains Steve Dowden, who serves as vice president of sale/marketing for the company.. ...
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Hibbard allegedly had several drugs and alcohol in his system at the time of the fatal wreck
(Local News ~ 10/13/09)
Tra Ryan Hibbard stands accused of many things after the Greene County Sheriff's Department's week-long investigation into the circumstances leading up to a tragic crash in which two people were killed and five people injured on the evening of Friday, Oct. 2...
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Double fatality: Hibbard arraigned in Greene Superior Court Tuesday morning
(Local News ~ 10/13/09)
Twenty-two-year-old Tra Ryan Hibbard, of Sullivan, was formally arraigned in Greene Superior Court late Tuesday morning on 11 felony counts including two counts of reckless homicide in connection with the deaths of Victor Newton and Debra Newton-Doyle...
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IHSAA announces football sectional draw
(High School Sports ~ 10/13/09)
With a state-wide radio, television and Internet audience paying close attention, Indiana High School Athletic Association Commissioner Blake Ress drew ping-pong balls representing all 318 schools in entered in the 37th edition of the IHSAA Football State Tournament at the at the headquarters of the Indianapolis Colts outside Indianapolis Tuesday night...
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