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Hart named basketball coach at Linton-Stockton
(Local News ~ 05/13/10)
Joey Hart is the new Linton-Stockton High School basketball coach. Hart, a 1990 Union grad, was approved for the position in a 3-2 vote by the L-S School Board on Thursday. Board members Rodney Bredeweg and Bob Good voted against the recommendation....
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Linton man named 'Rookie of the Year" at WVCF
(Local News ~ 05/13/10)
The Wabash Valley Correctional Facility paid tribute to its over 611 staff members recently during Employee Recognition Day activities at the maximum-security prison. Department of Correction facilities across Indiana dedicate one week per year to both honor and thank the men and women who work in the challenging field of corrections...
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L-S Elementary students honored for raising $40,000 for Habitat for Humanity home
(Local News ~ 05/13/10)
Linton-Stockton Elementary School students were honored for their commitment to Habitat for Humanity during a convocation Thursday. Students recently raised $40,000 to build a Habitat Home in Linton. The L-S Elementary School House, located on Vincennes Street, was completed in December...
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NJROTC cadets lauded for their service; unit receives donations
(Local News ~ 05/13/10)
The Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) honored its top student cadets Wednesday night. Senior Joshua George earned the Outstanding NJROTC Cadet Award for accomplishing the most for the unit during the current school year and junior Evan Rush was presented with the Military Order of the Purple Heart Award, a national award presented to the cadet who has demonstrated outstanding leadership throughout the year...
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Tippery says NJROTC leadership had been 26 years of love for him
(Local News ~ 05/13/10)
The cadets, parents and supporters of the Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) bid a warm farewell Wednesday night to the founder of the local military leadership program, who will retire at the end of the current school year...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/13/10)
Thursday, May 13 * Linton Masonic Lodge 560 F&AM will have a called meeting on the E.A. Degree with dinner at 6:15 p.m. and degree work at 7 p.m. All Masons are welcome to attend. * The MSD of Shakamak Board of Trustees will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. in the high school media center and at 6:30 p.m. in executive session in the central office conference room. * The Linton-Stockton School Board of Trustees will meet in executive session at 6 p.m. and in regular session at 7:30 p.m. in the administration building. * The Friends of the Library continuing book sale will be from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the lower lobby of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library, 125 S. Franklin St., Bloomfield. A large selection of adult and children's books -- paperbacks 25¢, hardbacks 50¢. * The Greene County Sheriff's Merit Board will meet at 6 p.m. in the conference room at the Greene County Jail. The jail is located at 204 County Road 70 East, at the edge of Bloomfield. * The Redevelopment Commission meeting has been re-scheduled for 7 p.m. in the commissioner room of the courthouse. The original date was May 17. * Lyons Health and Living Center will host a breakfast buffet for area senior citizens at 9:30 a.m. followed by bingo with prizes. All area seniors are invited to attend. Friday, May 14 * The Greene County Election Board will meet at 12:30 p.m. on the second floor of the courthouse in Bloomfield in the voter registration office. * Linton Moose will have steak, pork chop and shrimp dinner at 5 p.m. Public is invited.
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Relay for Life to hit the track ths weekend
(Local News ~ 05/13/10)
Look for the Greene County Relay for Life to hit the White River Valley High School track this weekend. Maria Jeffers, local event chairperson, provided details on the annual event that raises money for the American Cancer Society and is a celebration of life...
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Softball state tournament pairings announced
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/10)
Pairings for the 26th annual Indiana High School Athletic Association Softball State Tournament Series were announced Thursday morning in Indianapolis. Locally in the Class 2A South Knox Sectional 45, Eastern Greene will face North Knox in the lone game at 6 p.m. Monday, May 24...
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Players raise money for Relay For Life
(Community Sports ~ 05/13/10)
Twenty-nine area boys and girls basketball players played helped raise $500 for Relay For Life by participating in two All-Star games Monday at Linton-Stockton High School. "We had a great time Monday night," said Rick Crynes, coach of the Southern Indiana University AAU team, whose entire squad participated in the boys game. "The players and fans enjoyed the games and raised almost $500...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 05/13/10)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES In the matter of the petition of Toni Cahill to change name of minor child, civil misc. Jamie Denise Shute v. Anthony Luke Shute, dissolution Arrow Financial Services LLC v. Tanya Salesman, collection Janet Mitchell v. Charles Mitchell, dissolution...
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Sports briefs
(Community Sports ~ 05/13/10)
Sign-ups for this year's swim team in Linton will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 22 at the Linton Pool. For more information, go to www.greenecostingrays.com. Participants must be at least age 6. The White River Valley at Linton-Stockton baseball game has been moved to 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 26...
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(UPDATED) TORNADO WATCHES CANCELED
(Local News ~ 05/13/10)
INDIANAPOLIS --The National Weather Service has informed the Indiana Department of Homeland Security that the tornado watches originally in effect for most of the state until 9:00 p.m. EDT have been canceled.
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Abraham named junior and senior high school principal at Shakamak MSD
(Local News ~ 05/13/10)
With a unanimous vote, the MSD of Shakamak Board of School Trustees voted Thursday evening to hire Rolland Abraham as the junior and senior high school principal and Monica Stevens as the school's secretary/treasurer. Stevens is replacing Shelia Yeryar who recently retired...
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Eastern Greene defeats Union (Dugger)
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/10)
Eastern Greene scored five runs in the first innings and cruised to a 15-1 victory over visiting Union (Dugger) in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school softball game Thursday night. The game was halted after five innings via the 10-run rule...
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Lady Miners blank South to remain perfect
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/10)
Linton-Stockton, ranked No. 2 in Class A, blanked Class 4A No. 12 Terre Haute South 8-0 in a high school softball game in Vigo County Thursday. The Lady Miners pushed their record to 16-0 as Stephanie Fougerousse (seven strikeouts and four walks) tossed a one-hitter and the offense came up nine hits...
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Clovers take out Lakers
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/10)
Cloverdale scored five unearned runs as the visiting Clovers defeated Shakamak 7-4 in a high school softball game Thursday night. "The difference in the game was the first two innings," Shakamak coach Brent Anderson said of falling behind 7-0. "We had three of our five errors in the first two innings...
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Lakers rally to beat Cards
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/10)
Shakamak rallied to score all of its runs in its final three at bats as the Laker came back to post a 10-4 victory over Bloomfield in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game at Jasonville Thursday night. The game was moved from Bloomfield because of wet grounds...
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Hart makes tough decision to come home; named new coach at Linton-Stockton
(Local News ~ 05/13/10)
It has always been said there is no place like home. Such was the case for Joey Hart, who was named the new varsity boys basketball coach at Linton-Stockton High School. The 1990 Union (Dugger) High School graduate, who previously coached six seasons at Shakamak, was approved by a 3-2 vote Thursday night by the Linton-Stockton School Board, replace Darren Clayton...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 05/13/10)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included two requests for information only, one custody dispute/exchange, one school/foot patrol, one intimidation, one missing or runaway juvenile, one funeral escort, one alarm, three animal complaints, one VIN check, one assist to another agency, two harassment complaints, one domestic battery, two extra patrols, one theft-other, one message delivery, one arrest-wanted on warrant, one domestic dispute, one domestic dispute-neighbor, one community relations, one truancy and 26 traffic stops.. ...
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