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Some Jasonville water customers to be without water
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
Jasonville water customers on the southwest side of the city will be without water from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26. Jasonville Utilities will be replacing a fire hydrant.
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Pruett earns All-America Scholar honors, again
(College Sports ~ 07/21/11)
Three members of the 2010-11 Ball State women's golf team -- Brittany Kelly, Rachael Pruett and Katie Windlan -- were named National Golf Coaches Association All-America Scholars. In order to be a recipient of the NGCA award, the female golf student-athletes must maintain a minimum 3.50 grade-point average on the school's 4.0 scale...
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Generations to sponsor 5K run/walk on Aug. 27
(Community Sports ~ 07/21/11)
Generations is sponsoring its first Trailblazer 5K run/walk - Blazing the Trail in Healthy Aging on Saturday, Aug. 27 on the Vincennes University campus. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the run/walk starts at 8 a.m. The starting line is located near the VU Outdoor Track & Field Facility at the corner of Chestnut Street and Red Skelton Boulevard...
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Ms. Miners claimed first girls title at Linton
(High School Sports ~ 07/21/11)
When it comes to the history of girls basketball at Linton-Stockton High School, people usually talk about the sectional championship teams of 1983, 1986 and 2010. But few seem to remember the 1976 Ms. Miners squad -- as they were known then -- was the first girls athletic team at Linton to win a postseason tournament...
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Mary Eleanor Ainscough
(Obituary ~ 07/21/11)
Mary Eleanor Ainscough, 84, of Washington and formerly of Bloomfied, died Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Hillside Manor Nursing Home. Born Sept. 13, 1926 in Daviess County, the daughter of Luther Steel and Helen Overbay Steel. She married Gerald Ainscough on July 27, 1973. He died Oct. 12, 1995...
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Students raise money for injured classmate
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
Left with not much else to do but wait and worry about their injured classmate Jarad Rifner, Bloomfield High School's Class of 2012 sprang into action Wednesday. In short order, their car wash fundraiser cleaned up, raising just under $2,000 for their friend...
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INDOT updates its I-69 website
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) on Thursday launched its updated I-69 Evansville to Indianapolis project website. The site will incorporate design and construction information and information about environmental studies. "It features an interactive map that allows users to search specific locations along the route for road closure information and the status of construction activities. ...
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Company says it will fix Linton-Stockton scoreboards
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
After crying foul over the absence of a foul tally on the school's two-year-old scoreboards, Linton-Stockton School Corporation has won a refit. Plans call for the fixed foul display to be in place by early November, when girls and boys basketball begins their seasons...
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Workman dominates Market Hog Division; companies make donations
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
SWITZ CITY -- New hog barn pens will be installed at the Greene County 4-H Fairgrounds before the 2012 fair thanks to the generosity of two local agriculture businesses. On Wednesday, prior to the 4-H Swine Show, Farm Credit Services of Mid America and New Fashion Pork each presented the Greene County 4-H Swine Club with $5,000 cash donations...
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Dream Comes True: Rickelman looking forward to his new life
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
Linton resident Donnie Rickelman says it feels great to finally have two hands. It's been something he's waited 13 years to see since a 1998 factory accident in Elwood, Ind., left him disabled. His left hand was lost except for his thumb, and he has the use of only three fingers in his right hand after a metal splitter machine mishap...
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Heat causes problems at 4-H fair
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
SWITZ CITY -- Oppressive heat and humidity raised serious health concerns for the livestock being exhibited at the Greene County 4-H Fair this week, earning many an early trip back home to the farm. Thursday, the high was expected to be near the 100 degree mark...
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WRV leads the way in county ISTEP scores
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
White River Valley Elementary School fourth graders topped all area schools with 91.7 percent of male sixth graders passing both the math and English/Language Arts (ELA) sections of the ISTEP test during the 2010-11 school year. The female students were not too far behind with a 78 percent pass rate...
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Murdock named 2011 top 4-H livestock showman at the Greene County Fair
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
Jordan Murdock, of rural Worthington, posed with Miss Greene County Ariel Fuller after receiving the 2011 Grand Champion Round Robin Showmanship Award Thursday night at the fairgrounds. Murdock was judged the best showman among showmanship winners or representatives from horses, sheep,swine, dairy goats, meat goats and beef species...
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WRV extends three administrative contracts by two years
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
SWITZ CITY -- Three White River Valley School Corporation administrators received two-year contract extensions in action taken Thursday night by the board of school trustees. Superintendent Layton Wall, White River Valley Lyons Elementary School Principal Kurt Lentz and athletic director J.B. Neill were granted two year extensions...
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Dorothy Jean (Bland) Jerrell
(Obituary ~ 07/21/11)
Dorothy Jean (Bland) Jerrell, 62, of Linton, passed away on Wed., July 20, 2011, at her home. She was born in Linton on July 11, 1949, to Carl D. and Maudie Alice (Kelsey) Bland. Dorothy worked at the Bloomington General Electric plant for 18 years and at Walmart for 9 years and retired in 2008. She was a member of Allen Chapel in Bloomfield...
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Lamb Jam planners urge safety first for Saturday's show
(Local News ~ 07/21/11)
To ensure Lamb Jam attendees don't end up like cooked mutton, organizers are encouraging those headed for Saturday's second annual Christian music fest to keep their cool. Free music performances will begin at 10 a.m. in Humphreys Park and continue until 11 p.m. Saturday...
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