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Kendall enjoys his business
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
For most people, their job is just that, a job that puts bread and butter on their table and pays the bills. Well, for Rob Kendall, it's more than a job. It's one of the driving forces in his life that he looks forward to each and every day of the year...
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Lady Cards break eight-game skid
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Bloomfield won for the first time since Dec. 1, breaking an eight-game losing streak with a 52-38 victory at Clay City Thursday night. "The team played great defense tonight and really cut down on their turnovers," said Bloomfield girls basketball coach Amy Watson, whose Lady Cardinals improved to 5-10, 2-3 in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference...
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Simmons leads Linton past Union
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
DUGGER ---- It took Casey Simmons two quarters to settle into her new role. In her first start, the Linton-Stockton freshman knocked down 7 of 8 shots in the second half, scoring 14 of her career-high 16 points after halftime to help the Lady Miners pull away for a 46-31 victory over host Union (Dugger) here Thursday night...
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Linton, WRV split
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
The Linton-Stockton fifth grade girls basketball team opened the season with a 16-8 victory over visiting White River Valley-Lyons Thursday night. Trisha Emmons and Megan Barnes each scored five points to pace the Lady Miners. Morgan Sanders, Elizabeth Carpenter and Mindy Kurtz scored two points apiece for the winners. Leah McDonald, Taneal Church and Miranda Miller also played...
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Bloomfield wins two against White River Valley
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Bloomfield's eighth-grade boys basketball team defeated White River Valley 29-27 Thursday night, holding WRV scoreless in the first and third quarters. Bloomfield was paced by 6-2 William Dallmier, who scored a game-high 19 points. Michael Crane scored eight points and Will Miller added two free throws...
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Correction
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
The Union-North Knox boys basketball game, that was postponed in November, will be played at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Dugger. The LDC incorrectly reported Thursday that the game would be played at North Knox. It will be a varsity-only contest. The Bulldogs also will play a varsity-only game at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Shakamak...
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WRV loses two
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
White River Valley-Worthington dropped to 0-2 after a 49-29 loss at home to North Daviess Thursday night. Tyler Zimmerly had eight points, four rebounds, five assists and one steal to pace WRV (0-2). Cameron Swaby contributed seven points and three rebounds, Billy Parrott had four points and three rebounds, Kris Boyd and Stephen Moore both were credited with five rebounds, four points and two steals, and Steve Wierzchowski added two points...
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Mitchell nips Eastern
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Mitchell took advantage of 32 Eastern fouls, outscoring the LadyBirds by nine points at the foul line as the host Lady Yellow Jackets defeated the Lady Thunderbirds 54-52 Thursday night in a non-conference girls basketball game. Mitchell (13-1) hit 22 of 47 free throws compared to 13 of 18 for Eastern, who dropped to 13-3...
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Way to go Thunderbirds
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Congratulations to the Eastern Thunderbirds on winning the Greene County tourney. Coach Andy Igel and the Eastern players and staff deserve a lot of credit. Something seemed to be missing in this years tournament, no not the officials. There were at least two in every game, although sometimes you wondered how they found the gym...
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Lakers win sixth
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Shakamak put three players in double figures for the first time this season in a 54-43 Tri-River Conference victory over visiting Eminence Thursday night. Cherise Walters scored a career-high 17 points to lead Shakamak (6-10, 2-2 in the TRC). Nicole Fougerousse scored 14 points, including 6-for-6 shooting at the foul line. Jennifer Scott added 12, a season-high...
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Funeral director recalls Ground Zero
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Not many people, one day after the deadly Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on this country, would have gone to New York City. Don Simpson did, for one. He went to do what he could to help. Simpson, an Evansville man and funeral director for Alexander Funeral Homes in that city, was in Linton on Thursday evening at the request of Greene County Emergency Management director Roger Axe...
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Wall to run for Stockton Township Trustee
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Veteran Stockton Township Trustee Tom Wall has announced his intentions of seeking a fifth term of office. Wall, a Democrat, first took office in 1987. He worked at Citizens bank, starting in 1946 after a stint in the military. He worked at the bank over for over 35 years, retiring as an executive vice president...
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Dayhoffs find financial reward in red wigglers
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Quiz. What animal can recycle organic waste into a valuable resource, aerate compost, save on waste disposal costs and transform recycled wastes into a valuable product? Give up? The answer is earthworms, or red wigglers, and the process is called vermicomposting ---- or worm farming...
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Evansville man arrested in Linton
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Matthew D. Moore, 23 of Evansville, was arrested Thursday by Linton Lt. Det. Troy Jerrell and officer Gary Tannehill on charges of possession of a schedule II controlled substance, possession of a handgun without a permit, possession of methamphetamine and possession of legend drugs...
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INDOT officials speak about environment, I-69
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Do you picture the extension of I-69 scarring the countryside as it winds its way through Southern Indiana? That will not be the picture, according to representatives from Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) as they spoke Thursday evening at a meeting hosted by the Greene County Master Gardener Association at the 4-H Fairgrounds...
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Shakamak board to discuss renovations with architects
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
JASONVILLE ---- The Shakamak School Board will be meeting with architects next week to discuss renovations to the school. "When we met Jan. 3 we got some preliminary planning of the scope of the project to go along with scope of grant (a $1 million federal grant). We think it is a good time to add this to the project to work hand in hand," Superintendent Ron Bush told the board at Thursday night's meeting...
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Petition filed to revoke Hart's suspended sentence
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A petition to revoke a suspended sentence was filed in Greene Superior Court on Thursday afternoon against Joey Hart. Hart, who is the Shakamak High School varsity basketball coach and a math teacher, is on probation after pleading guilty on Sept. 21, 2001 to the crime of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner that endangered a person...
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Carnival returning to 4-H fair
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
Mark July 13-20 on your calendar. That's the week of the 2002 Greene County 4-H Fair, and this year's fair will definitely be different. For the first time in several years, there will be a carnival. Added entertainment, including Paint Ball Wars, as well as a new 4-H Club, also are on the drawing board...
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Habitat for Humanity to break ground Sunday
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
An item or two as we ponder what in the world happened to winter. Will we ever get any snow? Habitat to break ground Sunday is a big day for Greene County Habitat for Humanity. That's the day the organization will break ground on its second house. It's scheduled for 2 p.m. on Cold Springs Road, about half a mile north of State Road 54...
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Rainbow Girls helping other children
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
After Christmas you dismantle your tree, store your snowman collection in boxes and throw away all those beautiful Christmas cards you received. Hold it. Don't throw those cards away ---- turn them into a project to benefit some children who have been abused, abandoned or neglected...
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Mary Glen Wallace
(Local News ~ 01/11/02)
DUGGER ---- Mary Glen Wallace, 77, of Dugger passed away Friday, Jan. 11, 2002 at her residence. Born Nov. 26, 1924, in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Ralph and Dovie (Scott) Browning. Survivors include one son, Terry Wallace of Lima, Ohio; five daughters, Paulette Bailey of Indianapolis, Nina Zapf of Greenfield, Donna Goodman of Dugger, and Pam Axe of Gosport and Joyce Reynolds of Avon; three brothers, the Rev. ...
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