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Players believe good attitude helps in tough times
(Local News ~ 07/26/01)
JASONVILLE ---- Gathering the best players from several teams to form an All-Star team isn't always easy. Talent usually isn't a problem. It's making the players understand they must often sacrifice their own playing time ---- or favorite position ---- for the betterment of the team that's the hard part...
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Courthouse project cost may be known within six weeks
(Local News ~ 07/26/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- In six weeks the Greene County Council should know the cost of proposed work to the Greene County Courthouse. Representatives from United Consulting/DLZ met with the council Wednesday evening to discuss the project and to present a schedule for the project...
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Oliphant wants voters to decide wheel tax issue
(Local News ~ 07/26/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County Council member Jim Oliphant told fellow council members he would like to have a referendum on the May primary ballots concerning a Wheel Tax for Greene County. "I go to one side of the county and I hear no and I go to the other side of the county and I hear yes," Oliphant said...
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Shakamak basketball coach arrested this morning
(Local News ~ 07/26/01)
A Shakamak High School coach was arrested this morning for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Joseph G. Hart, 28 and of Linton, was arrested at 4:20 a.m. on State Road 54 just east of the intersection of State Road 57. According to Bloomfield Officer Jeff Rees, he was on routine patrol when he observed a car "drive left of center (of the highway) and then on the shoulder on the north side of the road."...
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4-H clubs helping with shooting
(Local News ~ 07/26/01)
Greene County is known for its bounty of outdoor recreation, including a great deal of hunting and fishing. Greene County 4-H is answering the demand for knowledge and safety of these skills with their Shooting Sports Groups, including rifle, pistol, shotgun and archery...
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Council denies ConAgra's abatement request
(Local News ~ 07/26/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Greene County Council has canceled a tax abatement for a Worthington industry. ConAgra (formerly the Pork Plant at Worthington) had been given a tax abatement in 1996. At the time the plant was owned by Swifty, Inc. "ConAgra sent a statement of compliance to continue the abatement on June 4," said council attorney Marvin Abshire...
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Boyd Arthur
(Local News ~ 07/26/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Boyd Arthur, 81, of Bloomfield, passed away at 4:35 a.m., today, July 26, 2001 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Nov. 9, 1919 in Washington County, he was the son of Joseph Richard and Pearl Mae (Phillips) Arthur. He was a pipe fitter for the State of Indiana, retiring in 1983. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Bloomington and was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Army...
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Harold W. Thomas
(Local News ~ 07/26/01)
Harold W. Thomas, 65, of Linton, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2001. Born Sept. 11, 1935 at Old Hickory, Tenn., he was the son of Wilbert and Beulah (Stinson) Thomas. He was an electrician for Chrysler for 33 years. Survivors include two daughters, Diana Biddle and Denise Thomas; two sons, Ken Thomas and Keith Thomas of Indianapolis; three brothers, Gerald Thomas, Bill Thomas and Bob Thomas; one sister, Patricia Probst; and six grandchildren...
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Greene County All-Stars playing for state title
(High School Sports ~ 07/26/01)
JASONVILLE ---- When a trio of baseball coaches started practicing the Greene County Babe Ruth 15-year-old All-Stars earlier this month, they new they had something special. They just didn't know how special. "We knew we had a good ballclub, and thought we could get out of the district," manager Keith Myers said. "But Terre Haute North is always good, and they forced us to a second championship game."...
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