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Tulip Trestle will soon be user-friendly tourist destination
(Local News ~ 01/15/13)
Planned improvements to areas around the Tulip Trestle this spring will beautify the historic site and make it more accessible and user-friendly to tourists. Plummer/Richland Creek Watershed Coordinator Adam Grossman unveiled plans for the site to the Greene County Commissioners at its regular meeting on Tuesday morning...
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Bloomfield receives Excellence in Performance for Teachers grant second year in a row
(Local News ~ 01/15/13)
Bloomfield School District is one of 40 school across Indiana to be recommended by the Indiana Department of Education to receive a portion of a $10 million grant to recognize teachers. Bloomfield will be receiving $117,000 to reward teachers who are rated "effective" and "highly effective" on the annual RISE evaluations, according to Superintendent Dan Sichting...
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Patricia L. Sears
(Obituary ~ 01/15/13)
Patricia L. Sears, 77 , of Odon, IN, passed away on Sunday, Jan.13, 2013 at 12:55 a.m. at the Ketcham Memorial Center in Odon. She was born in Indianapolis, IN on June 14, 1935, the daughter of George B. and Clesta L. (Ramsey) Hart. She married Harry L. "Bubby" Sears on Dec. 24, 1954 and he preceded her in death on July 5, 1995...
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Preschool uses homemade igloo to teach students about the Arctic
(Local News ~ 01/15/13)
(By Sabrina Westfall) Precious Promises Daycare at the Dugger First Christian Church used hands-on tools to teach students about the Arctic, igloos and Eskimos by building a milk jug igloo in the classroom. Teacher Valerie Hall said the igloo took about 350 jugs to complete the project. Students from the preschool class are (from left) Gracie Alsman, Kera Shaefer, Owen Smith, Grayson LeDune and Dresden Conway...
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Linda Mae Sullivan
(Obituary ~ 01/15/13)
Linda Mae Sullivan, 68, of Bloomington, peacefully passed away at home, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, from a valiant battle with cancer. Linda was born in Linton July 10, 1944 to Forrest Workman and Esther (Shelton) and Maynard Stack. Linda was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints where she served in many different callings, including a devoted visiting teacher...
- Starr was part of Alabama, Notre Dame summer football camps (Community Sports ~ 01/15/13)
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Sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/13)
The WRV-Lyons fifth grade boys basketball team lost two games at its own tournament Saturday. Lyons dropped the opener to North Knox 45-17. In the consolation game, Eastern Greene defeated WRV 29-24. Records led with 10 points. Carter Hostetter scored six points, Christian Moreno and Noah Walton both scored four points...
- Rascals earn second-place finish (Community Sports ~ 01/15/13)
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 01/15/13)
JAIL LOG Jan. 14 -- Nicholas Dale Fry of Bloomington was listed in yesterday's jail log as a new arrest on Jan. 13 on a preliminary charge of battery. The probable cause affidavit supporting the charge was not approved by a judge. The case was dismissed and Fry was released on Jan. 14...
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 01/15/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included three follow-up investigations, one assist to the utility department after hours, one drug investigation, one report of animal cruelty, one missing or runaway juvenile, one accident with property damage, one lost and found, three medical/illness, one suspicious vehicle or person, one assist to another agency, one child abuse or neglect, and one traffic stop...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 01/15/13)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Melissa A. Shepard, dealing in a controlled substance State vs. Gerald L. Thompson, possession of a controlled substance, driving whle suspended with a prior within ten years CIVIL CASES In Re the marriage of Stacy Shotts and Brad Shotts, domestic relation...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/15/13)
Wednesday Richard Hall will present "One Stroke" painting at the Carnegie Heritage and Arts Center at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 The White River Valley Board of School Trustees will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. The open meeting will be preceded by an executive session at 5 p.m. to discuss personnel matters...
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Lady Wolverines win game at South Knox
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/13)
White River Valley snapped a three-game losing streak with a 51-50 victory at South Knox Tuesday night. The Lady Wolverines improved to 10-6 while South Knox dropped to 5-9. "This has been a couple of weeks in the making," said WRV coach A.J. Graves. "We have had a stretch of tough games against bigger schools...
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Eastern Greene discusses school safety.
(Local News ~ 01/15/13)
It's been just over a month since a lone gunman entered an elementary school building in Newtown, Conn. and left a blood trail of 28 people dead ---- including 20 children. Eastern Greene School District parent John Lesh addressed the school board Monday night and wondered what his young daughter's school district was doing to enhance security in the wake of this latest schoolhouse tragedy...
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Lady Lakers roll past Washington Catholic
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/13)
JASONVILLE -- The Shakamak Lady Lakers put four players in double figures and had two players finish with double-digit rebounds in a 64-44 romp over visiting Washington Catholic here Tuesday night. The win pushed the Lady Lakers season mark to 5-11 while the Lady Cardinals fell to 2-16...
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