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E-mail, Internet back up; try to pass this test
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
Some odds 'n' ends as we wait for a soggy weekend to begin: E-mail, Internet back at LDC Six days after our e-mail and Internet service went down, The Daily Citizen is back in service. The problem was fixed around 5 p.m. on Thursday, and after a couple of hours of tinkering later that night, the LDC is up and running again (I hate to say that, considering the luck we've had around here lately)...
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SWIAC title bittersweet for Robinson
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
LYONS ---- It was a bittersweet day for Breck Robinson. The Linton-Stockton junior ran away from the field to easily win the Greene County Invitational here Thursday. But her time of 17 minutes, nine seconds, which was 1:24 faster than her nearest competitor, still left the Lady Miners short of a third straight county championship by 55 seconds. This race is not scored by places but by time. The lowest combined time of a team's top five runners determined the winner ---- in this case Eastern...
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Lady Bulldogs now 6-1 'in volleyball
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
Union (Dugger) extended its winning streak to five with a 15-3, 15-2 victory over host South Knox Thursday night. The Lady Bulldogs were led by Nikki Frye and Halee Howard, who both finished with 11 serving points. Frye had seven aces on 13 of 15 serving to go with three kills and Howard had four aces (12 of 13 serving), nine assists and one block...
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Serving key for Cardinals in volleyball win
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
Serving continues to be a strength for Bloomfield. The Lady Cardinals connected on 61 of 63 as they defeated visiting Owen Valley 15-12, 15-7 Thursday night. The Lady Patriots missed eight times in 51 attempts. "That was a big difference right there," Bloomfield volleyball coach Susie Schulte said of the serving. "Another big difference was that we only had seven kills errors."...
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Lady Miners back at .500 in volleyball
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
Linton-Stockton cruised to a 15-8, 15-1 victory at home Thursday night against Washington Catholic. "This was a match we needed," said Linton-Stockton volleyball coach Mike Misner. "Once we got going, we were pretty well in control the rest of the match. We got up 13-0 in the second game...
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Eastern wins third volleyball match
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
Eastern eclipsed its win total of 2000 with a 15-3, 15-4 victory over Eminence in a high school volleyball match at Eastern Heights Thursday night. The Lady Thunderbirds, who finished 2-23 last season, improved to 3-2. Kasey Hash had five kills, four aces and six digs for the winners...
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Gillan family won't watch Disney movie
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
A comedy being released in movie theaters nationwide today features a young man with a rare disease many people will go to see ---- and perhaps enjoy. However, there is a grass-roots effort to boycott the movie Bubble Boy, a Walt Disney production. The effort is spearheaded by a mother in Fort Wayne who has had two children die as a result of an immune deficiency disease...
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Golf course on the way back, financially
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
The Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton, despite some financial setbacks, remains one of Linton and Greene County's most enjoyable and visible assets. The financial picture is starting to look a little better too. The city of Linton, which owns the facility, and the people who oversee the course are working to keep it as financially solvent, and in as good a physical condition, as they can...
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Bloomfield board conducts budget hearing
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Bloomfield School Board met in regular session Thursday night to conduct its annual public hearing on the 2002 budget, including a Capital Projects Plan and School Bus Replacement Plan. The budget has been published in the Linton Daily Citizen and Bloomfield Evening World. There were no public comments or discussion, and the board will adopt the budget and other plans at its next regular meeting Sept. 13...
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Youths to smash items for the Lord
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
Members of the Linton First Christian Church youth group are going to be doing something unique Saturday night. The evening starts at 6:30 with a wiener roast. That doesn't seem unique. Read on. "At 7 p.m. after the wiener roast we will have our smashathon," explained Archie Ellett, youth pastor at the church...
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Mary Anna Lee
(Local News ~ 08/24/01)
Mary Anna Lee, 80, of Linton, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001 at her residence. Born Aug. 5, 1921 in Newport, she was the daughter of Victor Olan and Orphe Anna (Cross) Lee. She was a 1939 graduate of Valley High School in West Terre Haute. Survivors include nephews and nieces, John Michael Lee of Fla., Thomas Alan Lee of Terre Haute, Jean Ann (Lee) Cox of Birdseye, Dawn Shrorer of Corey, Shawn (Lee) Depasse of Terre Haute, and Fawn (Lee) Brady of Texas...
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