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Local girls do well at North sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
TERRE HAUTE -- It was a standout night for competitors from Linton-Stockton and Shakamak at the high school girls track and field sectional at Terre Haute North Vigo High School here Tuesday night. Host North and Terre Haute South finished 1-2, but the Lady Miners finished third with 72 points. Shakamak was 10th out of 10 teams with 20, but had several girls place, including the 1,600 relay team that finished fourth and pole vault Kylee Grissom, earning a spot in next week's regional...
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Weddle, Riggins advance at Bloomington North
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
BLOOMINGTON -- And then there were two. That's how many girls from Greene Country advanced out of the Bloomington North Indiana High School Athletic Association Track and Field Sectional at the Ralph Sieboldt Track Tuesday night. Bloomfield senior Elyse Weddle and sophomore Julie Riggins were the only survivors and both will now advance to next Tuesday's Regional...
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IHSAA releases tennis sectional pairings
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
The pairings for the 36th annual Indiana High School Athletic Association Girls Team Tennis Sectionals were released Tuesday morning and two of the three area schools involved will have to go the long route to claim a title. Both the Linton-Stockton and White River Valley teams will play in the first round of the tournament at their respective venues, while the Bloomfield Lady Cardinals drew a bye into the semifinals...
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Cardinals top WRV
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
The Bloomfield Cardinals girls' tennis team improved their season record to 17-3 with a 4-1 win over White River Valley on the Wolverines courts Tuesday afternoon. The Cardinals used this match as an opportunity to try out their new sectional line-up...
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Tuesday's area roundup
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
Lakers lose Edgewood 000 002 3 -- 5 3 1 Shakamak 000 002 0 -- 2 5 3 Edgewood -- Shute, Kaleb, (W)) and Raventos, Braxton. Shakamak -- Richardson, Tyler, pitcher and Sapp, Kade (L) "It was a good ball game, but obviously, when you have 5 runs on 3 hits, we made some critical errors, and when you make those kind of mistakes against a good team, they make you pay for them," said Shakamak Coach Chip Sweet...
- Bloom in Bloomfield (Local News ~ 05/19/10)
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LPD Joins Annual "Click It or or Ticket" Campaign Starts Friday Through First Week of June
(Local News ~ 05/19/10)
Indiana's annual "Click It or Ticket" mobilization begins Friday and the Linton Police Department has joined the campaign which will continue over the Memorial Day holiday period. From across the state, more than 250 law enforcement officers will conduct special patrols, both day and night, to identify and ticket unrestrained motorists on Indiana roadways...
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Identity theft to be focus of free workshop next week
(Local News ~ 05/19/10)
Anyone can be a victim of identity theft, but an upcoming workshop will offer some practical tips on how to avoid falling prey to those unlawfully seeking your financial information for criminal gain. An Identify Theft Workshop will be hosted next week at the Greene County Community Learning Center...
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Special Ed Co-op changes mind on one new pre-school site
(Local News ~ 05/19/10)
The Greene-Sullivan Special Education Cooperative administration has listened to concerns a parent recently brought up about planned changes in the developmental pre-school program for next school year. Last month, the board decided to cut the number of teaching sites from five to three -- one in Greene County and two in Sullivan County...
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Linton woman faces neglect charge related to truancy of her son
(Local News ~ 05/19/10)
A Linton woman faces alleged charges of neglect of a dependent and failure to comply with the compulsory attendance law due to her son's repeated absences from school. According to the probable cause affidavit filed in Greene County Circuit Court on May 13, Laurie Perez was warned by Truancy Officer Debbie McDonald about the matter and still failed to comply...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/19/10)
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/19/10)
The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one title check, one fight, one report of stolen property, two incidents of public intoxication, two accidents with property damage, two medical/illness, one animal complaint, one VIN check, one theft, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one message delivery, two domestic disputes, one community relations detail, one battery and eight traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 05/19/10)
GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES FIA Card Services NA v. Larry K. Holmstrom, collection PROPERTY TRANSFERS Harry L. Scott to Harry E. Koeppen, property in Greene County Andrew Canada and Debbie Norris fka Debbie Canada to Debbie Norris and Terry Norris, property in Greene County...
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Gregg N. "Dode" Mason
(Obituary ~ 05/19/10)
Gregg N. "Dode" Mason, age 53 of Linton, died at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Linton on Jan. 24, 1957, the son of John and Delema (Sisk) Mason. He was employed as a car salesman at Value Auto of Linton, formerly owned and operated Dode's Pizza in Lyons, and had worked several years at Rice's Building Supply in Linton. He served in the Army National Guard for many years. He was a member of the Linton Moose Lodge...
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Nancy E. Padgett
(Obituary ~ 05/19/10)
Nancy E. Padgett, 81, of Worthington, passed away at 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at her residence. Nancy was born Dec. 7, 1928 to Leland and Maurine (Seicrest) Wallace. She was a homemaker and a member of the Christian Church in Worthington, and the V. F. W. Ladies Auxiliary in Greenwood...
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Toon, Gilliland SWIAC Doubles Champs
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
In a battle of bragging rights, Bloomfield's No. 1 doubles team of Rachel Toon and Alley Gilliland defeated the No. 2 Cardinal team of Bailee Byers and Elena Weddle, 6-3, 6-0 in a continuation of the rain postponed SWIAC championship doubles final Wednesday afternoon...
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Lady Wolverines fall at North Daviess
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
The White River Valley Lady Wolverines wrapped up their Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball schedule with a 2-1 loss to North Daviess at Elnora. "It was a really good game, it was 1-1 going into to the bottom of the seventh," WRV coach Ruan Fougerousse said. "They scored a run in the bottom of the seventh and won the game."...
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Lady Lakers drop finale to North Central
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
The Shakamak Lady Lakers wrapped up the regular season with a 6-3 loss to North Central at Farmersburg in the final Tri-River Conference softball game. The LadyBirds rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth to snap a 3-3 deadlock that leaves the Lady Lakers 13-14 on the year and 2-3 in the TRC...
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Gott perfect in BHS win at Owen Valley
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
Bloomfield senior righthander Shelby Gott tied the school record for strikeouts on her way to a perfect game as the Lady Cardinals blanked Owen Valley 5-0 in a non-conference softball game. The senior hurler sliced and diced her way through the Owen Valley lineup to help her team improve to 12-8 on the year...
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WRV golfers play at Sullivan
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
The White River Valley High School boys golf team had only three players and fell to host Sullivan at the Sullivan Elks Club Wednesday afternoon. The Golden Arrows were led by medalist Derek Andre who shot a nine-hole total of 36. The Wolverines were led by Alec Dudley with a round of 54 followed by Matt Crowe with a 61 and Damian Hiatt with a round of 64...
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Lady Miners now 21-0
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
Stephanie Fougerousse tossed a one-hitter and the Lady Miner softball team cruised to 15-0 victory in five innings over visiting North Knox Wednesday. Fougerousse struck out nine and did not walk a batter as she and the Lady Miners improved to 21-0...
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Cardinal linksters beat North Central
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
Led by low medalist Chad Mead's round of 42, the Bloomfield Cardinals defeated North Central 185-192 in a dual match at the Phil Harris Course Wednesday afternoon. "It was the very, very first time for Chad," BHS coach assistant coach Sue McIntosh said. "I was very pleased."...
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Elva Joyce Wilkerson
(Obituary ~ 05/19/10)
Elva Joyce Wilkerson, 73, of Linton, passed away at 11:40 p.m. May 18 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Born July 2, 1936 in Bloomfield, she was the daughter of Marion E. and Arvilla L. (Mahu) Lee. She was a processor for Wal-Mart stores in Linton. Surviving relatives include: her children, Debbie Moss (Jack) of Linton, James F. ...
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Borders asking for summer study on informed consent hysterectomy bill; speaks to international conference in New York
(Local News ~ 05/19/10)
District 45 State Rep. Bruce Borders (R-Jasonville) says women need to know the facts before they agree to have a hysterectomy. Borders, who believes most of the hysterectomy procedures performed are unnecessary, was unsuccessful in passage of a bill he sponsored last session that would have required women to have informed consent before under going the common medical procedure...
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Two jailed on drug-related charges; warrant issued for third suspect
(Local News ~ 05/19/10)
Michael S. Edmonson, 40, Jasonville, and April Corns, 47, Linton, are in jail on numerous drug-related charges and Samuel A. Robertson, 30, Spencer, is a wanted man. All three are suspected of being involved in a clandestine methamphetamine lab operation...
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Knights blank Lady Miners at tennis sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/19/10)
BRAZIL -- In quest of their ninth consecutive girls tennis sectional, host Northview defeated Linton-Stockton 5-0 in the opening match here Wednesday. "We are still chasing Northview," said Linton-Stockton coach Brad McKinney, whose Lady Miners finished the season at 1-13. "In my 11 years here, we have spent all of that time chasing Northview...
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