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Letters to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/02/10)
Help food pantry during annual parade To the Editor: "Celebrating-Linton Style" What a wonderful theme for this year's Fourth of July Parade. It has been called the largest parade in Indiana, and that takes months of planning, hours of volunteer labor, working together peacefully, That's Linton style!...
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Mountain climber: Bloomfield man enjoys the challenges
(Local News ~ 07/02/10)
Rural Bloomfield resident Dana Roach isn't sure how a guy from southern Indiana gets interested in mountain climbing, but he's taken his interest to more than a casual hobby. Roach, who's previously scaled to base camps on the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest (29,035 feet) located in Nepal in 1999 and 2003, just returned from an eight-day training trip on Mount Rainer, located in Washington state...
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Linton Freedom Festival brings excitement and joy to the community
(Local News ~ 07/02/10)
In Linton there are a few things that have to happen before it can officially be called summer: School lets out, the pool opens, and the Freedom Festival begins. Every year Linton's Freedom Festival brings excitement and joy to the community. According to Dennis and Kelly Gentry the best part is seeing families enjoying the festivities and encountering the tradition of family each year...
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Beatles tribute band to help raise money for Lady Miner basketball squad
(Local News ~ 07/02/10)
A Beatles Tribute band will perform in Linton on July 10. The show will serve as a fundraiser for the Linton-Stockton High School girls basketball team. Varsity coach Brad McKinney explained, "All proceeds go to the girls basketball team. We're trying to get new uniforms next year. They're about 12 years old now."...
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Shawnee Theatre to offer variety and talent shows
(Local News ~ 07/02/10)
Shawnee Theatre will offer two back-to-back evenings of entertainment with a variety show and talent show in July. The variety show is a fundraiser that will feature members of the 2010 summer company and is slated for July 12 at the theatre. "The second annual variety show has the entire Shawnee Company banning together to produce a showcase of their combined talents. ...
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Georgia E. Hollen
(Obituary ~ 07/02/10)
Georgia E. Hollen, 84, of Greenwood and formerly of Linton, passed away at 11:50 a.m. on Friday, July 2, 2010, at Greenwood Health & Living Center in Greenwood. She was born Jan. 24, 1926 in Linton, the daughter of George W. and Nana (Griffith) Lemmons Hollen...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 07/02/10)
Saturday, July 3 Sunday, July 4 Fireworks at Bloomfield at dusk. Monday, July 5 Tuesday, July 6 The Greene County Commissioners will meet in regular session at 9:30 a.m. in the third floor meeting room at the courthouse in Bloomfield. The meeting was originally scheduled for July 5, but was rescheduled because of the Independence Day holiday...
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Jordan Moore
(Obituary ~ 07/02/10)
Jordan Moore, age 24 of Linton, passed away Thursday evening, July 1, 2010. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted at www.welchcornett.com and www.gcdailyworld.com when available.
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 07/02/10)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG No new entries. LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one medical/extraction, one request for information, one incident of criminal mischief, one school/foot patrol, one vehicle repossession, one medical/illness, one animal complaint, one prowler, one assist to another agency, two harassment complaints, one traffic control, one attempted burglary, one welfare check/concern, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one open garage door and two ordinance violations.. ...
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Jessie Grace Shelton
(Obituary ~ 07/02/10)
Jessie Grace Shelton, 97, of Linton, Indiana, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, July 2, 2010, at Sullivan County Community Hospital. She was born in Linton, Indiana, on November 25, 1912, to James Floyd and Jessie Grace (Richardson) Tincher. On September 28, 1946, she married John Everett Shelton...
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Franklin Levi "Bud" Mumma, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/02/10)
Franklin Levi "Bud" Mumma, Sr., 76, of Terre Haute, formerly of Coalmont, passed away at 12:04 p.m. on Friday, July 2, 2010 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born June 26, 1934 in Coalmont, the son of Franklin Levi Mumma and Goldia (Hair) Mumma...
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Updated: Rural Linton man killed in dirt bike crash
(Local News ~ 07/02/10)
A 24-year-old rural Linton man was killed in a dirt bike crash late Thursday night at the intersection of 9th and C Streets on the southwest end of Linton. Jordan Moore was not identified as the victim until early Friday afternoon. Greene County Sheriff Terry Pierce said .....
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