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Bids for shelterhouse air conditioning tabled by Bloomfield Council
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
It could soon be much cooler in a Bloomfield Park shelterhouse. The Bloomfield Town Council met briefly Tuesday night and opened bids on a long-standing, often-discussed project to air condition a shelterhouse in the town park. The council received three bids for work on the south shelterhouse that will install a 5-ton air-conditioning/heat pump with the capability to add a 20-killowatt heat unit at a later date...
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Worthington VFW Post collecting relief supplies for tornado victims in Alabama
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7117 in Worthington are reaching out to help the tornado victims in Alabama. A truck is being filled with "a little bit of everything," Post Commander Ken Stalcup told the Greene County Daily World. Donations are being accepted of anything that might assist the tornado victims in the south such baby clothes, baby food, charcoal and grills as well as bottled water...
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Thomas W. "Tom" Cox
(Obituary ~ 05/04/11)
Thomas W. "Tom" Cox, 80, of Hutsonville, Ill. passed away at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Regional Hospital Terre Haute, IN. He was born March 3, 1931 in Hutsonville, IL to Chambers Lee Cox and Opal Garnet (Akeman) Cox. Survivors include his spouse, Doris L. ...
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Murder in Bloomfield: Theater benefit set for Saturday night
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
Saturday night there will be a murder in Bloomfield and Shawnee Summer Theater is offering patrons a chance to solve it. Shawnee Summer Theater will present "Crime and Punishment -- A Mobster Murder Mystery" by the Michigan-based Murder Mystery Company -- one of the nation's most popular, interactive, mystery troupes...
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Area farmers playing waiting game on planting
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
Water is standing in many Greene County area fields. In some places there is now more water in the fields than during the 2008 flood. Little or no field preparation has been done and if rains continue, the situation could get worse, according to Ralph Harris, from Harris Farms, located between Marco and Sandborn...
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Wet fields causing woes for area farmers
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
Rain-drenched fields have Greene County farmers playing a costly waiting game until idle crop fields dry out enough to prepare and plant corn or soybeans. It's no secret that most Indiana farmers are behind schedule following one of the wettest months of April on record with more than 11 inches of rain in many areas around the county...
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Sandborn board hopes to remove old building
(Local News ~ 05/04/11)
SANDBORN -- The first item brought before the Sandborn Town Council Tuesday evening was a report from Clerk-Treasurer Judi Hartsburg regarding four strip buildings on S. Anderson Street that are dilapidated with falling bricks. Hartsburg said she and Deputy Clerk Waynetta Brewer had researched the buildings' owners and asked the board ways to proceed with the information...
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Lady Thunderbirds notch win number three
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/11)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds softball team improved to 3-5 overall and 1-1 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference following a 6-4 win over visiting White River Valley Wednesday evening. "Overall I'm happy," Eastern Greene coach Gina Ingram said. "It's been a while since we've played (due to the weather) so it's great to get a conference win."...
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Lady Miners prevail in eight
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/11)
Ashley Stetter drove in two runs and Hali Murray had a two-run double in the eighth inning to account for all of the Linton-Stockton scoring as the Miner softball team defeated host Washington 4-2 Wednesday night. The victory was the seventh in a row for the Miners, who improved to 7-3...
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Miners hold off Barr-Reeve
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/11)
Linton-Stockton had leads of 2-0 and 7-4 and held on for a 7-6 victory over visiting Barr-Reeve in a high school baseball game at Roy Herndon Field Wednesday. The Miners improved to 5-7 with the victory. "We had a lot of opportunities to score and finally broke out and scored five runs in the sixth," said Linton-Stockton coach Matt Fougerousse. "We are up 7-4 and Ty Trent gets the first two outs of the seventh...
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Lady Cards top Lincoln
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/11)
Bloomfield jumped out to a 5-0 lead and never trailed as the Lady Cardinal softball team defeated visiting Vincennes Lincoln 6-3 in a non-conference high school game Tuesday. Danielle Sichting and Abby Kindred each drove in two runs in the five-run first inning...
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Thunderbirds top WRV in SWIAC battle
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/11)
SWITZ CITY -- Eastern Greene designated hitter Matthew Bays changed the game with one swing of the bat. Bays, a junior, took a 2-2 pitch from White River Valley's Ethan Sparks and deposited it over the left center field fence, scoring the go ahead runs as the visiting Thunderbirds defeated the Wolverines 8-5 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school baseball game here Wednesday...
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Cardinals fall at home to Loogootee
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/11)
The Bloomfield Cardinals fell to 0-13 on the year after dropping a 16-4 decision to visiting Loogootee Wednesday at Bloomfield. The game was halted after five innings due to the 10-run rule. "Loogootee is a solid baseball team with excellent pitching," Bloomfield coach Mark Bartlow said. "Their offense is very aggressive."...
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