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Chamber members meet for annual Christmas party
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
Some meetings can be very boring or very rushed. People hurry in and hurry out, not getting the opportunity to speak with each other. Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce executive director Tammy Martin is aware of the hustle of meetings, and that is the reason for Thursday night's relaxed Christmas party at the Old Bank Restaurant in downtown Linton...
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Corrections
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
The name of Jerry Saude was in a Dec. 6 story on a burglary and theft. It should have read Jeffrey Saude. A Dec. 6 story on the Bloomfield Town Council stated incorrectly that the town had signed a contract with its volunteer firefighters for 2002. According to council president Eric Harrah, the town council actually only presented the contract to the firefighters to look over...
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Angel Tree helps children
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
For most children, the annual Christmas tradition includes waking up on Christmas morning and running to the Christmas tree to see what Santa, mommy, and daddy brought for them. Having the warmth of a home to call theirs, and a Mom and Dad to talk to is just a given and goes without thought for most children in Greene County...
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Janna K. Lawson
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
SPRINGVILLE ---- Janna K. Lawson, 38, of Springville, passed away at 4:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001 at her residence. Born June 25, 1963 in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of Pete and Sharon (Miller) Chaika. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Randy Lawson of Indianapolis; three sons, Jeremy Perdue and Jeff Perdue of Indianapolis, and Eli Perdue of Springville; one daughter, Lucy Fager of Springville; one grandson, Chad Perdue of Indianapolis; her mother, Sharon Backus of Springville; step-father, Harold Backus of Springville; two sisters, Shannon Duncan of Vincennes and Angela Roell of Springville; and one brother, Danny Chaika of Brooklyn.. ...
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WRV beats Sullivan
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
White River Valley's eighth grade girls basketball team scored 42 points in the final three quarters to earn a 46-21 victory at Sullivan Wednesday night. Erica Capehart paced WRV with 13 points and five rebounds. Dani Lammert also reached double figures with 11 points...
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Linton seventh-grade girls now 2-0
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
Rachael Pruett scored eight points, had five rebounds, three steals, and two assists as Linton-Stockton Junior High School's seventh-grade girls basketball team defeated Bloomfield on Thursday, 28-25. The Miners jumped to a 10-5 lead after the first quarter, and then held off the Cardinals down the stretch...
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Eastern knocks off Lady Cardinals
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
Eastern outscored host Bloomfield 32-10 in the second half as the Lady Thunderbirds remained undefeated after a 50-25 victory at Glover Gymnasium Thursday night. "Eastern played harder than we did in the second half," said Bloomfield girls basketball coach Amy Watson. "I will give their girls credit for wanting the game more than we did."...
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Vikings top Union
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
West Vigo posted a season-high for points as the host Lady Vikings defeated Union (Dugger) 65-34 Thursday night at West Terre Haute. Sarah Newburn paced West Vigo (2-7) with 19 points. Bonnie Dooley (11) and Alicia Batson (nine) combined for 20 points...
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Eels take Lady Miners
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
In the first meeting, Linton-Stockton pushed Clay City to the limit, leading in the fourth quarter before falling 52-42. This time the Lady Eels put the Lady Miners away early. Host Clay City jumped to a 16-2 lead and led 27-7 at halftime and cruised to a 58-26 victory Thursday night. Linton committed 40 turnovers...
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Lakers lose on road
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
Shakamak did not score in the final seven minutes as the Lady Lakers came up on the short end of a 35-31 score at Edgewood in a non-conference girls basketball game Thursday night. Nicole Fougerousse, who paced Shakamak with 14 points, gave the Lady Lakers (3-4) a 31-30 advantage one minute into the fourth quarter...
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The Garden House has several uses
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Sometimes a business is just a business. And sometimes a business is a ministry. "We look at ourselves as trustees of this house, we have been entrusted with it," explained Linda Snider who is co-owner of The Garden House in Bloomfield...
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We must not forget Dec. 7, 1941 or Sept. 11, 2001
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
Time has a way of slipping by without anyone really noticing. Before our annual family Thanksgiving meal a couple of weeks ago, a brother-in-law and I were watching an NFL game. The teams were wearing what are called "throw-back jerseys." They're the ones teams used to wear in the 1950s and early 1960s...
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Dugger woman rolls truck down embankment
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
Jason Westerkamm received a call from his wife, Amber, at approximately 6:45 on Thursday night telling him that she had been involved in an accident. "She called and said she didn't know where she was. She had been thrown out the passenger side window. If it hadn't been for that guy (Kenny Felker) in that house, I don't know how I would have found her," said Westerkamm...
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Mother, daughter sent to hospital following wreck
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
A one-car accident on CR 1000W, which is Baseline Road, sent a Sullivan woman and her 4-year-old daughter to the Greene County General Hospital emergency room Thursday afternoon. According to Greene County Sheriff's deputy Terry Pierce, Jeffrey W. Brashier, 35, of Sullivan was driving a 1987 Ford Taurus eastbound on Baseline Road when, Brashier later told Pierce, a tire blew out on his car. ...
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Eight charged for forgery, theft
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Eight people who worked for Wal-Mart have been charged with forgery or theft. Three of those are over 18 and five are juveniles. According to documents filed in Greene Circuit Court, Ryan Smith is charged with theft and two counts of forgery; Jonathon Terrell is charged with six counts of forgery and also has charges filed against him as a juvenile; and Jeffrey Elkins is charged with theft...
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Sandborn passes burning ordinance
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
SANDBORN ---- The Sandborn Town Council approved a burning ordinance at Thursday's council meeting. "It will be enforced," said board president Ives Wehmeier, "and we will stand behind the fire department in its decisions." The ordinance, which went into effect Thursday, reads that a fire should be extinguished if it creates a pollution problem, is a threat to public health, a nuisance or a fire hazard...
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Linton buys 19.91 acres with state funds
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
If somebody offered you some highway-frontage property ---- free ---- wouldn't you take it, especially if it has features that might attract industry? That's exactly what Linton Mayor Jimmie K. Wright and the Linton City Council thought when the idea was presented to them by State Sen. John Waterman (R-Shelburn) last spring...
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Recycling center receives $17,500 grant
(Local News ~ 12/07/01)
Jeff Myers and Debbie Haseman are happy people. They're going to get a glass grinder and a fork lift ---- just not in time for Christmas. Myers is director of the Greene County Solid Waste Management District and Recycling Center near Switz City, and Haseman is the education coordinator. A $17,500 grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, which the District will have to match, will pay for the new equipment...
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