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Linton building getting a new look
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
Two vintage buildings on Linton's South Main Street are being renovated by two businessmen, one from Linton and one from Monroe County, and will soon be for rent as office space. Fred Markle, owner of Markle Music store on South Main, said he and former Greene County Economic Development executive director Paul Tedesco together purchased the vintage, adjoining buildings, at 75 S. Main Street...
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Albert R. Truitt
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
Albert R. "Red" Truitt, 79, of Linton, passed away at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Born Dec. 16, 1921 in Greene County, he was the son of Claude E. and Josephine (Potter) Truitt. He was a Linton police officer, head cashier at Citizens National Bank, and worked for Peabody Coal Co., retiring 1989. ...
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Frances Irene Boldrey
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
JASONVILLE ---- Frances Irene Boldrey, 73, of Jasonville, passed away at 11 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001 at her residence. Born Sept. 10, 1928 in Keller, IN., she was the daughter of Russell and Brexel (Sterling) Callahan. She was owner and operator of Irene's Beauty Shop, and was a member of the Providence Baptist Church near Jasonville...
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James R. Broshears
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
DUGGER ---- James R. Broshears, 76, of Dugger, passed away at 9:12 a.m. Thursday Nov. 15, 2001 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born June 29, 1925 in Sullivan County, he was the son of Raymond C. and Dora B. (Scott) Broshears. He was a real estate broker with Key Associates in Linton and owned James R. Broshears Reality in Sullivan. He was a member of Masonic Lodge 3 in Carlisle, and an Army Veteran of World War II...
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Shakamak pairings announced
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
Pairings for the Shakamak Thanksgiving Classic were recently announced. On Friday, Nov. 23, North Central will meet Washington Catholic at 2 p.m. in the first junior varsity boys basketball game to be followed by the junior varsity match of Shakamak vs. Vincennes Rivet, which is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m...
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Miners open with win
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
Linton-Stockton scored 27 unanswered points in the first half as the Miners went on to a 36-26 victory over host Clay City Thursday in an eighth-grade boys basketball game Thursday night. Caleb Fischer paced Linton (1-0) with 12 points. Evan Austin, Riley Beach and Frank Busby each tossed in six points...
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Talk has changed when it comes to ND football
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
They're not talking about firing Bob Davie anymore at Notre Dame. Nope, they're already talking about who his successor will be. It's sort of like talking about the life insurance policy in the hospital room of a dying man. It's oh, so tacky. But the names are popping up, a veritable who's who among the coaching ranks of college football and the NFL. From Tom Coughlin to Jon Gruden to Joe Tiller, the Irish have their eyes set on some of the best in the business. That's the Notre Dame way...
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Jasonville girl looking forward to modeling career
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
JASONVILLE ---- Working two jobs and going to college was a way of life for Carrie Rafferty. She was making good grades at Ivy Tech State College as a business management major. Then in August her friend, Jennifer Rehmel of Coalmont, took her to Terre Haute to a model search...
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Bloomfield school may purchase a new van
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees agreed Thursday to seek quotes on a new, handicapped-accessible activity bus, to replace an older bus and a van. Superintendent Ron Hasler received permission from the board to solicit quotes for trading in one of the school district's cars, used for driver's education and other transportation. Hasler also was given permission to solicit quotes for a new 15-passenger handicap-accessible activity bus...
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Bloomfield changes the way it opens the mail
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The safety of students and staff was an important and recurrent theme at Thursday night's Bloomfield School District Board of Trustees meeting. Due to recent national mail dangers ---- anthrax-tainted mail ---- the school district has implemented a new mail-handling policy...
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Trial dates set for mother, son
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
Trial dates have been set in Greene Circuit Court for Barbara Parker and David "Dusty" L. Parker, both of Linton, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death last week of David L. Parker Sr. The elder Parker died in the Parker residence on NW 7th St. ...
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Linton man hurt in Thursday wreck
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
A Linton man who was injured in a one-car accident north of Clay City Thursday night remains in serious condition at an Indianapolis hospital today. According to the report filed by Deputy Dan Best of the Clay County Sheriff's Dept., Michael Lacy, 19, was injured after his vehicle left State Road 59 at the intersection of County Road 300S, at approximately 9:09 p.m...
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Attention readers: Are you willing to offer suggestions?
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
Journalists are trained to dig for information, and then present it through the newspaper each day. It's been done for years. Unfortunately, no matter how hard we try, there's no way ---- and that's hard to admit ---- we can know everything about the community and people we serve. To put it bluntly, we need your help to produce the type of paper we want...
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WRV board considering moving JH students to Switz City
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
The White River Valley Board of School Trustees will meet with four architectural firms over the next three weeks to determine who will do a feasibility study for the corporation. The board wants a study done to determine if it's financially and physically possible to bring the junior high students from their campuses at Lyons and Worthington to Switz City to join the high school students...
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Library board waiting for proposal
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
The Margaret Cooper Public Library board isn't commenting on a recent turn of events involving a possible building site for a proposed new library, until they learn more about it. On Tuesday, Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce president Bill Morrison said the Chamber had given a proposal to Linton attorney Marvin Abshire, stating it had decided not to re-locate its office to a new library building ---- which is still in the talking stages at this point...
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Robert Strahle
(Local News ~ 11/16/01)
FARMERSBURG ---- Robert "Blue Light" Strahle, 52, of Farmersburg, passed away Monday, Nov. 12, 2001 at his residence. Born March 5, 1949 in Terre Haute, he was the son of Robert Jerry and Geneva (Whallon) Strahle. He was a security guard at Sullivan Lake...
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