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Commissioners talk about courthouse project finances
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday discussed financing of the courthouse renovation project, the Greene County Building Corporation, and an upcoming auction of equipment no longer needed by the county. Commissioners' attorney Marilyn Hartman apprised commissioners Warren Bartlett and commissioners' president Tom Britton of an updated calendar on refinancing the courthouse project, which will cost between $9-11 million...
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Julia J. Umphenour
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Julia J. Umphenour, 76, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Aug. 11, 1925 in Michigan, she was the daughter of Andrew Francis and Celia Esther (Lathrop) Ferstle...
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Linton stats
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
In Linton-Stockton's 16-2 softball victory at Vincennes Lincoln on Monday night, Danielle Carpenter had a triple and a single and two stolen bases. Sunny Boston also had two hits and crossed home three times. Nikki Burns had a triple with three RBIs and four runs scored...
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Eastern golfers win
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
Clint Burris shot a 44 to earn medalist honors to pace Eastern to a 187-192 victory over North Daviess in a high school golf match Tuesday. Also for the Thunderbirds, Nate Martindale carded a 45, Dustin Hayse shot 47 and Steve Waldridge had a 51.
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Miners take Cards
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
Linton-Stockton scored six runs in the third inning as the Miners opened the baseball season with a 7-4 victory over host Washington Catholic on Tuesday. The game was halted after five innings because of darkness. "It was not the prettiest of Ws," said Linton-Stockton coach Bart Berns, who is now 175-93 starting his 12th season in charge of the Miners. "We struggled in the first two innings before we plated six in the third...
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Bloomfield loses
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
Loogootee scored five runs in the sixth inning as the visiting Lady Lions defeated host Bloomfield 6-1 in a softball game here Tuesday. Kara Campbell suffered the loss for Bloomfield, who played its season opener. Campbell allowed six hits. Sherer and Butcher; Campbell and Aydt. W ---- Sherer, 1-0. L ---- Campbell, 0-1...
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Union drops softball opener
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
South Knox scored three runs in the fifth inning to pull out a 6-5 victory over visiting Union (Dugger) in a non-conference softball game Tuesday. The game was halted after five innings because of rain. Heidi Zeikman went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs to pace the Lady Bulldogs. Tanisha Lucas also had one hit, drove in one run and scored twice...
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Bloomfield Town Council accepts bids for wastewater treatment plant
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
The Bloomfield Town Council opened five bids on the proposed new wastewater treatment plant during a special meeting Tuesday afternoon. According to Bloomfield clerk-treasurer Sandra Thompson, no action was taken on the bids. "We are going to have the attorney and the engineering firm check them out. We will look into their references and make sure that their bonds check out," Thompson said...
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Are 'old sayings' being passed down to our kids?
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
If you're as green as a gourd, you don't know much. If you're built like a bicycle, you're skinny. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, one sure thing is worth more than two uncertain prospects, any day. Many of us are familiar with lots of old sayings, but do they mean anything to children? Are they being passed on from grandma and grandpa to the new generation?...
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Political advertisements must have disclaimers
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
It is springtime, you can tell not by the flowers blooming, but by the political signs sprouting up in people's front yards. The primary election is just a month away and politicians are clamoring for sign space. As you look at the signs you may not realize there actually is a state law regulating the signs and other advertisement. Certain advertising material must contain information on who paid for the material and who authorized the sign. The information is called a "disclaimer."...
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Hoosiers try to move forward after loss
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
ATLANTA ---- Signature candy-striped warm-up pants were crumpled in the corner of a locker. Smiles in Indiana University's locker room were harder to find than a Gen. William T. Sherman fan club in Atlanta. After spending the past three weeks as the symbol of all that is good and right about college basketball and as the healers of a divided Hoosier Nation, they were just kids again...
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Vigil to shed light on child abuse
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
If you ask Jane Bisbee about job securing, she'll jokingly say she has it, though she wishes she didn't. Sound strange? Not really, when you consider the problems she deals with on a daily basis. Bisbee is director of the Greene County Office of Family and Children Services, and she sees child abuse cases that would keep most from coming to work each day. But she keeps coming back because she dreams of a day when her caseload in Greene County is light...
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Mary Louise Enochs
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
Mary Louise Enochs, 77, of Linton, passed away at 8:25 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at Community Hospital South in Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Linton Chapel.
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