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Lyons residents upset with trash near new community center
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
LYONS ---- For at least two Lyons residents, the site of trash strewn in front of the town's new community building is heartbreaking. "It seems easier for these people to throw their trash out of the window rather than walking over to the trash can," Jim Heaver told The Daily Citizen...
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Miners win 17th baseball game
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
Freshman Jacob Burris hit three home run and tallied eight RBIs to pace Linton-Stockton to a 14-2 victory in five innings over host Palestine, Ill. Friday. Both marks were school records. "Jacob had a career night," said Linton-Stockton baseball coach Bart Berns. "He went 3-for-4 with three bombs...
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Lady Cards split games at North Daviess
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
Bloomfield's softball team split a doubleheader at North Daviess Friday night. In the opener, the Lady Cardinals only managed one hit in a 1-0 loss to the host Lady Cougars. The first game counted in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference standings...
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Union goes 1-2 in softball games
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
The Union (Dugger) softball team lost two one-run games this weekend as the Lady Bulldogs went 1-2, including a third-place finish at the Clay City Invitational Saturday. On Friday, Carrie Gilham of Sullivan outdueled Union's Jenna Laxton in a non-conference softball game at Dugger Friday. Gilham struck out 15 and tossed a one-hitter in a 1-0 victory over the host Lady Bulldogs...
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WRV loses two at Clay City
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
White River Valley lost two games and finished in fourth place at the Clay City softball invitational Saturday. In the opener, Clay City came up with 12 hits in 10-0 win in five innings over the Lady Wolverines (4-14). Sara Fritz and Stacia Rogers each had doubles for WRV...
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Raymond Duncan
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
JASONVILLE ---- Raymond "Pete" Duncan, 91, of Jasonville, passed away at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, May 13, 2001 at his residence in Jasonville. Born Jan. 30, 1910 in Clay County, he was the son of Isiah and Mannie (Griffith) Duncan. He was retired from Peabody Coal Company as a tipple operator, also retired from farming. He was a member of the Lawton Street Christian Church in Jasonville and U.M.W.A. Local 1410...
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Kathryn E. Bucher
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Kathryn E. Bucher, 86, of Bloomfield, passed away at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 11, 2001 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Oct. 17, 1914 in Greene County, she was the daughter of William and Emma (Cunningham) Baird. She was a homemaker and with her husband operated a livestock and grain farm. ...
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Barbara Ruth Richardson
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
Barbara Ruth Richardson, 57, of Linton, passed away at 1:12 a.m., Sunday, May 12, 2001 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Oct. 25, 1943 in Linton, she was the daughter of Hubert and Ruth (Berns) Greenwood. Survivors include, her husband, Robert Richardson of Linton; three sons and daughter-in-laws, Robert and Michelle Richardson of Bloomfield, Mark and Chasity Richardson of Linton, Donnie and April Richardson of Switz City; one brother and wife, Don and Rita Greenwood of Linton; and three grandchildren, Shainia, Jakob, Dylan.. ...
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Violet Louise Fry
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
JASONVILLE ---- Violet Louise "Heavy" Fry, 89, of Jasonville, passed away at 4:10 p.m., Sunday, May 13, 2001 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Jasonville. Born Aug. 21, 1911 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Newton and Mary (Passen) Kessinger...
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Bloomfield loses two to Owen Valley
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
Matt O'Neall and Tyler Evans both homered in a 10-3 loss by Bloomfield to visiting Owen Valley Friday. Jordan Burnett pitched the first three innings and suffered the setback, his sixth defeat in seven decisions. Bloomfield (5-16) dropped a 11-8 decision to Rockville at home Saturday...
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Bloomfield girls win SWIAC tennis title
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
SWITZ CITY ---- The defending South Western Indiana Athletic Conference girls tennis singles champion was extended to three sets in her final two singles matches. But Bloomfield junior Laura Kay Watkins defeated White River Valley's Ashlee Arthur 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the semifinals then rallied back to defeat North Daviess' Erica Hume 0-6, 6-0, 6-2 in the final...
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Duncan celebrates her 106th birthday
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
Ruth Duncan celebrated her 106th birthday with family at Walnut Creek at LInton nursing facility Sunday. As an example of "how time flies," when her daughters, Hilda Harrison of Lyons and Betty Bolle of Richmond, presented her with a cake with her age written on it, Ruth said, "Am I that old?"...
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Letter carriers help collect food for pantries
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
It was a good thing there wasn't a lot of mail to be delivered in the Linton and Bloomfield areas Saturday, because letter carriers picked up a lot of extras along their routes that day. They picked up food for area food banks, and food and cleaning items for the Greene County Humane Society as part of the ninth annual National Association of Letter Carriers food drive...
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Threesome nabbed for meth lab
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Linton man was re-arrested Friday during a court appearance on charges stemming from a May 5 arrest. Travis Hale, 20, appeared in Greene Circuit Court on Friday on charges of dealing a schedule II controlled substance, illegal drug lab and illegal possession of alcohol...
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Contractors to be paid by NPC soon
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
Cindi Denton, area general manager for NPC International, the company that owns and operates the Pizza Hut restaurant in Linton, said today three contractors who have not yet been paid for their work will be paid as soon as the proper paperwork has been received...
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Relay for Life generates nearly $28,000 to battle cancer
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
SWITZ CITY ---- Emotional and successful. That was how the Relay for Life walk on Saturday afternoon at White River Valley High School's track could be described. There was hardly a dry eye at the beginning of the program when cancer survivors walked onto the stage giving their name and years or months they had survived the disease. ...
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Lady Lakers 11-10 in softball
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
South Spencer scored four runs in the third and five more in the fifth in a 9-1 victory over visiting Shakamak in a non-conference softball game Saturday. Valerie Blanton allowed 13 hits as the junior right-hander suffered the loss. Shakamak dropped to 11-10 with its second straight setback...
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Miners capture another SWIAC golf title
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
Linton-Stockton placed four players on the all-conference team as the Miners defended their South Western Indiana Athletic Conference boys golf championship at the Phil Harris Golf Course Saturday. The Miners, who have been first in the conference three straight years, won with a total of 302. Union, which had three players on the 13-member all-SWIAC team, was second with a total of 319...
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Linton girls, WRV boys win SWIAC track titles
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
There were very few surprises at the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference boys and girls track and field meet at Linton-Stockton High School Friday night. The White River Valley boys won its fifth consecutive SWIAC title with 164 points, 33 more than second-place Clay City...
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Jean Ingersoll
(Local News ~ 05/14/01)
WORTHINGTON ---- Jean Ingersoll, 83, of Worthington, passed away at 9:11 a.m., Sunday, May 13, 2001 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Jan. 4, 1918 in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of Harry and Grace (Owen) Hoffman. She formerly worked as a secretary for Home Packing Company in Terre Haute, several attorneys in Terre Haute and Linton, also worked for the Worthington Times for several years, and she and her husband owned Georgianna's Flower Shop in Worthington. ...
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