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Gardner selected as Lyons Strawberry Fest queen
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
Lyons' latest Strawberry Festival Queen is a bright sixth grader who's at the top of her class. Taylor Gardner, 12, was named as festival queen after organizers agreed to revise the selection process. Previously, queen candidates were drawn from high school students, but Lyons Clerk-Treasurer Kim Flynn said the new process picks the top female sixth grader academically...
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Benefit aims to save sight of little girl
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
Local musicians hope to raise money for "Macie's Mission," a sight-saving operation overseas for a local little girl Thursday, courtesy of a 6 p.m. benefit show at Linton-Stockton High School. Haywire, long known as Backroads, will perform a two-hour set of covers in the LSHS auditeria with all proceeds aimed at assisting Macie Siscoe, 9, in paying the costs of a $60,000 operation in China...
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L. Ruthie O'Bryan
(Obituary ~ 05/11/11)
L. Ruthie O'Bryan, 95, of Linton, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Linton Nursing & Rehab in Linton. Born in Morrisonville, Ill. on December 18, 1915, she was the daughter of James Bert and Nyrah Ethel (Weatherford) Pope. She married James Bennett O'Bryan on December 30, 1933...
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Ina E. Fields
(Obituary ~ 05/11/11)
Ina E. Fields, 77, of Linton, passed away on Tuesday evening, May 10, 2011, at her residence in Linton. She was born June 1, 1933, in Sullivan County, the daughter of Emmons and Odyssa (Perkins) Bedwell. She worked at Crane during the 1960's and later worked in housekeeping at Greene County General Hospital...
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Artists will be 'Painting the Town'
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
The third session of "Painting the Town" will be Saturday. Those interested in participating will meet at the Bloomfield Public Library at 1 p.m. The session is free to participants as the Indiana Arts Commission and Friends of the Library have provided all art supplies...
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GRACE students to present comedy production
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
Students from the GRACE Homeschool Support Group have been rehearsing for weeks and are now ready to present their annual theater production Saturday evening. The comedy production of "The Ransom of Red Chief" will take the stage at 6 p.m. at Tulip Church of God in rural Bloomfield...
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Late mayor honored with Rotary's highest honor; L-S seniors recognized
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
Former Linton Mayor Tom Jones was presented with Rotary International's highest award posthumously during a luncheon program Wednesday at Saron United Church of Christ. Jones died March 3 of a heart ailment and his wife, Patti, who has been appointed to fill out the remainder of his mayoral term, accepted the Paul Harris Fellow Award on behalf of her late husband...
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WRV golf canceled
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
Today's golf match at Phil Harris featuring North Central battling White River Valley has been canceled according to the WRV athletic department.
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Postal workers ready for annual canned good drive Saturday
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
Saturday's slated for some very special pickups and deliveries, as postal carriers in Bloomfield and Linton collect canned goods for charity. Postal workers from the two communities will join carriers from 10,000 other cities and towns for what could be the largest effort of its kind in the country, if not the world -- the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive...
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Animal rights groups file lawsuit against DNR on Greene County penning operation
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
Three animal rights organizations have filed a civil lawsuit in Marion Circuit Court against an Indiana Department of Natural Resources decision to waive permit requirements against Greene County's WCI Foxhound Training Preserve near Midland. The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), Project Coyote, and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) filed the 15-page lawsuit Tuesday against the DNR and its director Robert Carter Jr...
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Annual Bloomfield Town-Wide Yard Sale event this Saturday
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
A 15-year community tradition will be renewed this Saturday with the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce's Town-Wide Yard Sale. It's one of the busiest days of the year in town, as bargain hunters flock to the streets in search of a treasure of sorts among the approximate 60 yard or garage sales that are hosted throughout the town...
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Worthington woman talks to town council about water woes
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
WORTHINGTON -- Worthington resident Ada Lynn, who lives along Terre Haute Road, is fed-up with water. Standing surface water has long been a problem in her neighborhood, but whenever there is excessive rainfall -- like the area experienced in the past month with more than 11 inches, the situation gets even worse...
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Marker estate files suit against Adams
(Local News ~ 05/11/11)
A civil suit relating to a drag racing tragedy in May 2009 that claimed two lives has been filed in Greene Circuit Court against a rural Solsberry man now serving time with the Indiana Department of Corrections. The estate of one of the crash victims, Jerry Marker, filed the suit Monday against Jeffrey Adams, who is currently serving a six-year prison term at Branchville Correctional Facility. Two years of his sentence was suspended and will be served on probation after his release from prison...
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Defense leads the way in Lady Miner victory
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
Sometimes there's no better offense than a good defense. That adage never rang truer than Wednesday's Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference matchup between Linton-Stockton and visiting Clay City. The two teams combined for just seven hits as the Lady Miners grabbed a 3-0 win...
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Eastern Greene shoots 176
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
The Eastern Greene High School boys golf team earned a win at Hidden Hills Wednesday. The Thunderbirds shot a season-low 176 while Loogootee did not have enough golfers to compile a team score. "I believe this was our best score so far this year," said Eastern Greene coach Jon Uebelhor. "We are starting to get pretty comfortable at home...
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Lady Miners fall at Sullivan
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
Linton-Stockton managed to win just one set as the Lady Miners girls tennis team dropped a 5-0 decision at Sullivan City Park against the host Sullivan Lady Arrows Thursday. The match was rained out on April 27. Bailey Knotts managed to win the middle set, but lost to Sullivan's Kaitlin Neyhart 6-2, 2-6, 6-4...
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Bulldogs fall to Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
Union (Dugger) shot a 217, but host North Daviess had a winning score of 205 during a high school boys golf match Wednesday at Crane. Logan Brinegar paced the Cougars and was low medalist with a 44. For the Bulldogs, Selby Shott shot 45, Zac Birdsong 48 and AJ Snow and Ethan Fettig both shot 62...
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Jeeps take out Cards
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
Northeast Dubois jumped to a 5-1 lead and held on for a 5-3 victory over visiting Bloomfield in a high school softball game in Dubois County Wednesday. The Lady Jeeps led 3-0 after the first. Bloomfield pushed across a run in the second before NED added two runs in the bottom of the third...
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Russell Duane Cook
(Obituary ~ 05/11/11)
Russell Duane Cook, 68, of Bloomington, passed away Tuesday May 10, 2011 at his residence in Bloomington. Born May 10, 1943 and raised in Bloomfield, he was the son of Max Troy Cook and Mina Louise (Kindred) Cook. Russell worked as the Director of Contracts at NSWC Crane, he retired in 2005 after 23 years of service. He was a member of the Sherwood Oaks Christian Church in Bloomington and formerly Allen Chapel Church in Bloomfield...
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WRV tops Eminence
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
White River Valley pounded out 13 hits and Michael Fisher made his first appearance on the mound this year, helping the Wolverines to a 10-6 victory over visiting Eminence in a non-conference high school baseball game Wednesday at Switz City. "Fisher started and pitched the first four innings, earning the win," said WRV coach Justin English. "This was his first game back after fracturing his back...
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Bloomfield Cardinals finish regular season undefeated
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
MONTGOMERY -- On Wednesday, the Bloomfield girls tennis Cardinals relied on the strong showing of the singles players to defeat Barr-Reeve 3-2 to close out the regular season 14-0. The Vikings put up a fight at all three singles positions but couldn't keep the Cardinals from winning all three spots without dropping a set...
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WRV defeats ND
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
SWITZ CITY -- WRV girls tennis defeated North Daviess 4-1 Wednesday. The score was a duplicate of the match on May 5. We won at all varsity positions except number one singles. Sara Wines had her hands full with a very talented junior. However, WRV did play even better today than the first meeting by winning all other positions in straight sets...
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Lady T-Birds drop non-conference tilt
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/11)
The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds dropped an 8-2 decision to visiting Bloomington North Wednesday evening at Little Cincinnati. After playing even with their guests early, the Lady Thunderbirds were victimized by a big inning. Bloomington South jumped to a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning, but Eastern Greene responded with a single run in the third according to coach Gina Ingram...
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