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Band camp prepares members for school year
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
The Linton High School football and volleyball players aren't the only ones braving the heat this week to improve their performance. About 90 band, Miner Kadet and rifle corp members have been at Band Camp every day this week from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. They finished at noon on Friday...
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Sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 08/10/01)
In the final cross country event of the Indiana Distance Running Festival, 2001 Linton Stockton graduate Carol Linneweber was the top female finisher with a time of 21 minutes, 59 seconds at Bedford North Lawrence High School earlier this month. Linneweber and 23 other runners braved the heat to compete one of the best cross country courses in the state...
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Norman Edward Morgan
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
Norman Edward Morgan, 87, of Linton, passed away at 4:25 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001 at Greene County General Hospital. Born Sept. 29, 1913 on a farm near Water Valley, Ky. He was the son of Bessie (Ingram) and Gordie Morgan. He married Genevieve Boyd, also of Water Valley, in 1932, and they built a home in Union City, Tenn., where he was employed at The Brown Shoe Company. ...
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Jerry Max Smith
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Jerry Max Smith, 63, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9:20 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001 at the Owen Valley Health Campus in Spencer. Born Jan. 24, 1938 in Bloomfield, he was the son of Frederick (Bill) and Nellie (Bucher) Smith. He worked in Accounts Receivable for the Continental Insurance Company in Chicago, ILL. He was member of the Bloomfield Christian Church and a former member of Bloomfield Odd Fellows Lodge...
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Kittens dumped at district
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
The Greene County Solid Waste Management District and Recycling Center had something rather unusual dropped off at their facility last Friday. Cats. "Somebody 'gave' us some kittens, six of them," as well as a mother cat, explained GCSWMD director Jeff Myers. "We managed to get homes for all of the kittens but two."...
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Plans finalized for Sleep-A-Thon
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
You know fall is near when it's time for the Wabash Valley Human Services' annual Sleep-A-Thon in Linton. Linton's WVHS office manager and outreach worker Sandy Fiscus explained the fundraiser involves volunteers raising money for the Isaac K. Beckes Emergency Fund by gathering pledges and donations, and drawing attention to homelessness by sleeping overnight in cardboard boxes. ...
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Linton is a unique city
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
Linton is unique in that it is a self-sustaining city. The Linton Municipal Utilities are revenue based, meaning that no tax dollars are used to keep it running. Linton is one of approximately six that bills five utilities and there are only about 16 municipal gas utilities within Indiana...
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Prayer walk planned at school
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
On Sunday afternoon members of the Linton community will meet at the Linton-Stockton High School flagpole for the annual Prayer Walk Around the School. This event, which was started by Pastor John Monroe and Mary Gouckneour of the Linton Otterbein Methodist Church last year, is an event in which members of the Linton community walk around the high school, middle school, elementary school, as well as the administration building while praying for the safety of students, faculty and staff members for the upcoming school year.. ...
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Hart remains suspended from coaching
(Local News ~ 08/10/01)
JASONVILLE ---- The Shakamak School Board is still trying to decide what action, if any, to take against coach and math teacher Joey Hart, who was arrested last month for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Hart, 28, was arrested by officer Jeff Rees of the Bloomfield Police Department at 4:20 a.m. ...
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Friday, Aug. 10 ---- Football scrimmage: Linton-Stockton at Cloverdale, 7 p.m.
(High School Sports ~ 08/10/01)
Monday, Aug. 13 ---- Volleyball: Union at South Vermillion, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14 ---- Volleyball: Clay City at Union, 6 p.m.; White River Valley at Sullivan, 6 p.m.; Shakamak at Bloomfield, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15 ---- Volleyball: White River Valley at Linton-Stockton, 6 p.m.; boys tennis: Northview at Bloomfield, 4:30 p.m...
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