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Allen hires two new deputies
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County sheriff Leon Allen believes the recent hiring of two additional deputies will provide more police protection for the county. The January hiring of officers Jon McPhearson and George Dallaire brings the number of officers on the roster to 12, not including Allen himself. Although, the sheriff noted, that number includes one deputy who works strictly as a transportation officer and process server...
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Miners fall in two overtimes
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
Linton-Stockton dropped a 40-38 decision to visiting North Knox in double overtime in a seventh-grade boys basketball game Tuesday night. Logan Tharp paced the Miners with 13 points. Kyle Herndon also scored in double figures, finishing with 10. Caleb Dunkerly hit for seven points while Dylan Hardisty and Bobby Spears both tossed in four...
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Hart resigns as coach at Shakamak
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
With all the controversy surrounding his off-the-court problems, Joey Hart, 29, has resigned as Shakamak boys varsity basketball coach, effective at the end of the season. Hart, who also will not return as a math teacher at SHS after this year, told an area newspaper Monday that he turned in his resignation because of personal reasons and wanting to pursue other coaching options next season...
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Lady Lakers win seventh game as Scott scores season-high 20
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Jennifer Scott scored a season-high 20 points to help Shakamak defeat visiting Union (Dugger) 68-22 in a dual conference game here Tuesday night. Scott, who scored 20 or more for the sixth time in her career, hit a 15-foot jumper as part of an 11-0 Shakamak run to start the second quarter. The spurt was called by two baskets by Nicole Fougerousse, who had 15 points, as Shakamak 26-4 with 4:22 to play in the first half...
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Cards split with Eels
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
Bloomfield outscored host Clay City 28-15 in the second half, pulling away for a 48-26 victory in an eighth-grade boys basketball game Tuesday night. Jesse Logsdon (14), William Dallmier (13) and Ben Helms (10) combined for 37 points for the winners. Dallmier finished with a double-double as he grabbed 12 rebounds...
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Owen Valley knocks off WRV girls
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Owen Valley is starting to turn things around at the right time. The Lady Patriots put four players in double figures as they defeated host White River Valley 60-45. "We have been on the verge of playing well all season long," said Owen Valley girls basketball coach Jeff Sherfield. "We were ahead of Mitchell by one point and don't score for the last six minutes. We played well against Eminence...
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Shakamak going ahead with study
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Even though there were some negative comments from concerned residents, the decision was made Tuesday evening by the Shakamak Board of School Trustees to go ahead with the feasibility study to add an addition and remodel portions of the Shakamak school building...
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Commissioners hear about storing records
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- It was a marathon meeting Tuesday morning when the Greene County Board of Commissioners met for nearly three hours. After listening to John Ogle's report on a storage facility offered through SRI by Iron Mountain Storage (IMS), the commissioners agreed to permit a representative from IMS to survey the record storage site at the Greene County Courthouse...
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Shawnee Theatre's dinner/dance set for Feb. 9
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
Are you looking for something different to do this Valentine's Day? The Shawnee Theatre board of directors may have just the solution. Shawnee's annual dinner/dance is scheduled for Feb. 9 at the Linton Elks Club from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Cost is $60 per person or $110 per couple...
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Church, Elks Club help child in need
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
A local church and fraternal organization teamed up this week to give their assistance to a handicapped child. A few weeks ago, LaMont Bonath, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Linton, issued a call for a local mission within his congregation. The request was for money to buy a custom-made stroller, needed to provide more mobility for 5-year-old Grayson Shonk, who has cerebral palsy...
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Margie Elizabeth Lohr
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
Margie Elizabeth Lohr, 78 and of Linton, passed away at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born May 23, 1923, in Linton, she was the daughter of Craig and Jean M. (Gorsage) Fitzpatrick. She was a homemaker. ...
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