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'Pink Night' set for Friday at WRV game
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Two local basketball squads are teaming up in the fight against cancer with a Pink Night basketball game. On Friday, White River Valley is hosting its first "Paws vs. Claws" game against Eastern Greene. "It is a yearly tradition being started between the schools. Next year, it will be at Eastern Greene," said Dawn Price, who serves as chair for Greene County's Relay for Life...
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Ubelhor, lawmakers lace up to support cancer awareness
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- District 62 State Rep. Matt Ubelhor (R-Bloomfield) and other House legislators and staff wore sneakers at the Statehouse Tuesday in support of the "Suits and Sneakers" challenge to promote awareness of the fight against cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, last year 35,000 Hoosiers heard the words "you have cancer," and of those, 13,000 lost their lives to the disease. ...
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Eastern Greene High School Homecoming candidates
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Eastern Greene will crown it 2013 basketball homecoming king and queen Saturday night. The ceremony will be conducted between the junior varsity and varisty game with the Thunderbirds hosting South Knox. The freshmen and sophomores are running for Prince and Princess. ...
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Master Gardeners seeking new crop of volunteers
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Purdue Cooperative Extension Service offices in Greene and Sullivan counties are combining forces to offer a special course aimed at sharpening gardening skills and giving back to participant's communties. Beginning Feb. 21, a Purdue Master Gardener Program training series will be offered for residents of Sullivan, Greene and surrounding counties...
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Locally handcrafed items to be featured at grand opening
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
A grand opening of a new little shop full of handmade items will be hosted Saturday at The Carnegie Heritage & Arts Center of Greene County in Linton. Known as "Spark", the shop offers a variety of paintings, pottery, books, CDs, photographs, soaps, baskets, dresses, jewelry, dolls, purses, wood artworks, and so much more, according to Carnegie Heritage and Arts Center Director Donna Kluesner, of Linton...
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Brick sales to allow donors to be a special part of hospital's ER project
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
The Greene County General Hospital Foundation is offering businesses and individuals the opportunity to be a part the Emergency Room expansion. Chief Financial Officer April Settles said the recognition bricks are a way for the community to become directly involved in the construction...
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Donnie Lee Cunningham
(Obituary ~ 01/31/13)
Donnie Lee Cunningham, 35, Oaktown, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 at St. Mary's Medical Center. Donnie was born Sept. 15, 1977 in Linton, the son of Ronnie Lee and Judy (Willson) Cunningham. He graduated from North Knox High School in 1996. He was a farmer for Daniel Cardinal Farms and was a former coal miner...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 01/31/13)
JAIL LOG Jan. 29 -- Jessica Lynn Cantrell, 34, Bloomington, was arrested on a warrant issued on a preliminary charge of theft, a class D felony. Bond was set at $10,000 surety or ten percent cash. Jan. 30 -- Jerry Wayne Perdue, 52, Columbus, was arrested on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Bond of $4,000 surety or ten percent cash was posted and he was released the same day...
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 01/31/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included two reports of vandalism, one structure fire, one accident with property damage, two medical/illness, one suspicious vehicle or person, one assist to another agency, one bicycle theft, one other theft, one missing person - adult, and two traffic stops...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/31/13)
Friday The White River Valley Spanish Club is having a dinner before the Pink Night game from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The cost is $5 per person in the cafeteria. Jasonville Senior Citizens Center will host its monthly sausage gravy and biscuit breakfast from 7 to 9:30. Other breakfast items and carry-out will be available...
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Buskirk accused of stealing a cell phone from WalMart
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Shawn E. Buskirk, 30, of Linton, has been charged with three class D felonies: One count of theft and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Buskirk was arrested by Sgt. Chad Crynes of the Linton Police Department around 6 p.m. on Jan. 22 after the officer was dispatched to the Linton WalMart store in reference to a theft complaint...
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Closings and Delays for Friday
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Closings and Delays for Friday, Feb. 1 due to weather conditions: MSD Shakamak Schools - two-hour delay Eastern Greene Schools - two-hour delay
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Bloomfield Schools working to improve ISTEP scores
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
The Bloomfield School District ISTEP Success Team has made several changes in the junior-senior high school to combat low test scores. The overall median growth for seventh to eighth grade students was 47 percent in English/Language Arts and 48 percent in math...
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Union wins eighth game
(High School Sports ~ 01/31/13)
Union concluded the regular season with a road victory Thursday night. The Lady Bulldogs won their eighth game, against 11 losses, with a 26-22 victory at Washington Catholic in a non-conference high school girls basketball game. "It was a pretty ugly game," said Union coach Benji Boyd. "But the girls did a nice job of making enough plays to pull it out...
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Knights nip BHS
(High School Sports ~ 01/31/13)
Northview made a last-second shot as the visiting Lady Knights defeated Bloomfield 40-39 in a non-conference high school girls basketball game Thursday night at Glover Gymnasium. "The girls continue to play well," said Bloomfield coach Chris Hitchcock. "We have continue to grow since we bottomed out on Jan. 8...
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Lady Miners fall to No. 9 Barr-Reeve
(High School Sports ~ 01/31/13)
Class A No. 9 Barr-Reeve extended its winning streak to four games with a 56-31 victory over Linton-Stockton in a non-conference high school girls basketball game at Linton Thursday night. The Lady Vikings improved to 16-4 while the Lady Miners concluded the regular season at 3-18...
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Pink Night at WRV Friday night
(High School Sports ~ 01/31/13)
Two local basketball squads are teaming up in the fight against cancer with a Pink Night basketball game. On Friday, White River Valley is hosting its first "Paws vs. Claws" game against Eastern Greene. "It is a yearly tradition being started between the schools. Next year, it will be at Eastern Greene," said Dawn Price, who serves as chair for Greene County's Relay for Life...
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Conference title slips away from EGHS
(High School Sports ~ 01/31/13)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- A share of the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball title slipped away from the Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds here Thursday night. Thanks to a dozen points from North Daviess junior Sabra Smith, a 10-2 Lady Cougar run in the second half and a lack of confidence in the end all turned into a North Daviess 31-29 decision...
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Updated: Vandeventer appointed WRV interim superintendent
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley Board of School Trustees hired a Bloomfield native on Thursday night as the interim superintendent. Jerrill Vandeventer, Ph.D., a 1971 graduate of Bloomfield High School and recently retired superintendent of Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools, was hired to fill in the top leadership position in the WRV School District by a unanimous vote.....
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