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Martha Mae Summerville
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
LYONS ---- Martha Mae Summerville, 71, of Lyons, passed away at 4:50 p.m., Friday, April 27, 2001 at Bloomington Hospital. She was born Dec. 27, 1929 in Greene County, and was the daughter of William Henry and Clara Belle (Cooksey) Mowery. She was a homemaker, a member of the Assembly of God Church of Lyons, and past president of the Lyons American Legion Auxillary...
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Phyllis A. Lints
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
CLAY CITY ---- Phyllis A. Lints, 60, of Clay City, passed away at 2:21 p.m., Sunday, April 29, 2001 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born Sept. 14, 1940 in Clay County, and was the daughter of Roy and Ernestine (Dierdorf) Jackson...
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Pats nip Lady Cards in tennis
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
Bloomfield won two doubles matches in a 3-2 loss to Owen Valley in a high school girls tennis match Monday. Winning for the Lady Cardinals (4-6) were the No. 1 doubles team of Amie Humerickhouse and Carrie Marusek and the No 2 doubles team of freshmen Whitney Warrick and Stacy Wolf...
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WRV blanks Miners in tennis action
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
White River Valley improved to 3-7 with a 5-0 victory over host Linton-Stockton in a girls tennis match Monday. It was the second time that the Lady Wolverines beat the Lady Miners (0-7) 5-0. "We are still having problems understanding how to compete and win," said Linton-Stockton coach Brad McKinney. "WRV's girls have been part of a competitive basketball program and understand how to compete...
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Shakamak loses baseball game at Vincennes Lincoln
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
Shakamak only came up with one hit and committed three errors in a 8-0 loss at Vincennes Lincoln Monday. "We got beat by a good team for sure," said Shakamak baseball coach Chip Sweet. "You are not going to win many games with just one hit...
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WRV boys, Linton girls win county track titles
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
SWITZ CITY ---- Linton-Stockton and White River Valley repeated as Greene County Invitational track and field champions here Monday night. In the girls event, the Lady Miners won with 190 points. Host WRV was second with 126, Eastern had 51 points, Shakamak 46 and Bloomfield 36...
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Volleyball deadline Friday
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
The deadline for the Dugger Summer Volleyball League is Friday. Girls in incoming grades 9--12 from area schools are invited to participate. Entry fee is $40. Checks can be made payable to the Dugger Volleyball League. Girls should include T-shirt size, grade and position...
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Miners take baseball twinbill from Clay City
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
Linton-Stockton pounded out 24 hits and scored 28 runs as the Miners swept a doubleheader from host Clay City Monday. In the opener, Nate Austin tossed a five-hitter to pace the Miners (12-5) to a 10-0 victory. The win improved the Miners to 4-2 in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference and 3-1 in the Tri-River Conference...
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Linton places third in golf match
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
In a battle with two other sectional opponents, Linton-Stockton finished third in a golf match at Forest Park in Brazil Monday. Host Northview won with a 142, Terre Haute South tallied 146 and Linton-Stockton had a 152. "It was a good match between three good teams," said Linton-Stockton boys golf coach Darren Clayton. "And I include us in that bracket...
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Union wins big conference softball game
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
Union (Dugger) came up with one run in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie and another run in the bottom of the 12th to pull out a 6-5 victory over Clay City at Dugger Monday night. The Lady Bulldogs (11-3) improved to 5-1 in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference and 3-1 in the Tri-River Conference. It was the first loss in the SWIAC for Clay City. Shakamak also has one loss in both conferences...
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Two area students earn national scholarships
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Two Greene County students are among the 2,500 National Merit Scholarship winners announced Monday. Austin Roach of Bloomfield High School and Sheamus K. Parkes of Eastern High School received word they were chosen out of nearly 15,000 scholastically talented finalists in the 2001 National Merit Scholarship Program...
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Agenda set for I-69 meetings
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
If you're planning on attending one of the three public meetings to discuss the I-69 projects next week, the Indiana Department of Transportation has set an agenda. Three meetings will take place to talk about the Purpose and Need Statement for the I-69 project, which was released last month. That study showed the economic need for I-69 from Indianapolis to Evansville...
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Sullivan man runs from Linton police
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
A Sullivan man is facing charges of resisting law enforcement, public intoxication, possession of marijuana and criminal mischief after he ran from Linton Police Officer Chad Crynes this morning. According to a report filed by Crynes, at approximately 4:11 this morning he was on patrol when he observed Dirk A. Pounds, 21, staggering as he walked along the street...
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Linton man seeking answers to problem
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series concerning mine subsidence. Today's story looks at one man's struggle to have a claim paid through mine subsidence insurance. Wednesday's story will deal with the insurance process. By Beth Clark...
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Nela M. Lang
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
FORT MYERS, Fla. ---- Nela M. Lang, 82, of Fort Myers, Fla., passed away at 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 27, 2001 at Lee Memorial Hospital at Fort Myers, Fla. She was born March 11, 1919 in Hymera, and was the daughter of Orville and Katie (Hayes) Street...
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Thelma Louise Snyder
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
FREELANDVILLE ---- Thelma Louise Snyder, 81, of Freelandville, passed away at 12:20 a.m., Monday, April 30, 2001 at Oak Village Nursing Home in Oaktown. She was born June 18, 1919 in Greene County, and was the daughter of Thomas Ralph and Alice (Moore) Gilligan...
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Dr. James H. Ringer
(Local News ~ 05/01/01)
TERRE HAUTE ---- Dr. James H. Ringer, 88 of Terre Haute and formerly of Cass, passed away at 10:07 p.m., Monday, April 30, 2001 at Davis Gardens in Terre Haute. He was born Nov. 2, 1912 in Cass, and was the son of George and Stella (Raines) Ringer. He was retired as registrar and director of admissions and associate dean of foreign students at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. He was also past elder of the NW Church of Christ in Terre Haute...
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