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Letters to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/10)
Musical director thanks supporting cast To the Editor: I'm writing to acknowledge some very helpful people. These people have worked tirelessly to make the annual spring musical at Linton-Stockton High School, "The Boy Friend" a success. Tammy Young was a fantastic help to our program. ...
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Jackie Lee Miller
(Obituary ~ 04/30/10)
Jackie Lee Miller, 68, of Midland, passed away at 2:54 a.m. Thursday April 29, 2010. He was born April 20, 1942 in Linton, the son of Jesse Miller and Violet Myers Miller. He was a Vietnam War U.S. Army veteran, and retired from the Railworks Railroad...
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Twin Rivers students win at Ivy Tech Automotive Trouble Shooting Contest
(Local News ~ 04/30/10)
Twin Rivers students enrolled in the Automotive Service Tech program in Linton competed in the Ivy Tech Automotive Trouble Shooting Contest last week and came away winners. The students are given a vehicle with a problem. They have a set time limit to diagnosis the problem and repair the vehicle to running order. The students are scored on accuracy and speed...
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Cell phone use in the classroom draws changes in student handbook
(Local News ~ 04/30/10)
Cell phone use in the classroom continues to be a problem and Bloomfield School officials are taking a get tough approach at enforcement. On Thursday night, the board of school trustees approved the first reading of a new student handbook policy that would require a student using a cell phone to talk, text or receive data during class hours to serve a one-day penalty at the Greene County Academy alternative school, located on the campus of White River Valley School in Switz City...
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Bloomfield School Board approves calender after revision
(Local News ~ 04/30/10)
The second time considering a proposed calendar for the 2010-11 school year drew the approval of the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees on Thursday night. Last month, the board tabled action on the calendar and sent it back for revision and further discussion with the Bloomfield Teachers Association (BTA) over concerns about the starting time of a proposed Meet Your Teacher Open House on Aug. 16 -- the day before the first day students attend classes...
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Wings of Hope: Benefit event to preserve precious memory of two area youngsters
(Local News ~ 04/30/10)
The memories of two area youngsters, who passed away last year after suffering severe burns in a tragic accident in the small Greene County village of Scotland, will be perpetuated in a special community celebration of life that will unfold in late June...
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Wayne Lee Malone
(Obituary ~ 04/30/10)
(Editor's Note: This obituary is being published again because some family members were inadvertently left out when it was first published). Wayne Lee Malone, 62, of Linton, passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at his residence in Linton...
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Eastern students persevere in efforts to get mileage results
(Local News ~ 04/30/10)
Engineering-minded students from Eastern Greene High School tried to squeeze out the best results from the fuel they used Monday in the 15th Annual Indiana Mathematics, Science and Technology Alliance (IMSTEA) Super Mileage Challenge in Indianapolis...
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 04/30/10)
LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one request for information only, one accident with property damage, one medical/illness, two suspicious vehicles/persons, one possibly intoxicated driver, one domestic dispute, one theft - unfounded and two traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 04/30/10)
GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES Capital One Bank v. Timothy A. Lentz, collection SMALL CLAIMS Bloomfield School District v. Angel Patton, Tim Patton, account Bloomfield School District v. Aaron Quakenbush, Jennifer Quakenbush, account Bloomfield School District v. Vivian Slavings, account...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 04/30/10)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG...
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Lakers earn ninth win
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/10)
Shakamak won for the ninth time in 13 games as the Laker baseball team defeated host Northeast Dubois 11-3 in a high school contest Friday night. T.J. Hill and Tyler Richardson combined to throw a three-hitter. Hill went the first five innings, allowing two earned runs and three hits. He fanned seven, walked three and hit a batter to improve to 3-2...
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Lady Lakers fall in nine
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/10)
JASONVILLE -- After winning four in a row, the Shakamak Lady Lakers softball team has now dropped their last two following an 8-7 loss in nine innings to visiting North Knox Friday night. "This is a game we should've won," Shakamak coach Brent Anderson said. "They took advantage of our mistakes. But this is one we let get away from us."...
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Bulldogs top Lakers in golf
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/10)
The Union (Dugger) High School boys golf team posted its second-lowest score of the season in defeating Shakamak in a match at the Phil Harris Golf Course Friday. The Bulldogs finished with a 184 while the Lakers only had three golfers, one short of being able to compile a team score...
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Veteran teacher fired; accused of slapping student; charged with battery
(Local News ~ 04/30/10)
Patti Terkosky, a special education teacher accused of slapping a 9-year-old autistic student in the face on March 3, has been fired from her job and is now facing a criminal charge of battery. Terkosky was employed by the Greene-Sullivan Special Education Cooperative (GSSEC) as a certified teacher in the life skills program for moderate and severely impaired special education students...
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Three races contested for seats on WRV School Board
(Local News ~ 04/30/10)
Tuesday's election brings three contested races and one unchallenged bid for the White River School Board of Trustees, with eight candidates bringing an array of experience in education. Some are political neophytes tossing their hats into the ring for the first time; others are veteran educators and school board members who bring decades of experience and past and present service to the school...
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