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Greene County voter turnout was 29.61 percent
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
Guess what the state's voter turnout was for the May 7 primary? Fifty percent? Forty percent? Thirty percent? Twenty percent? Try 22 percent. That's right, only 22 out of every 100 registered voters in Indiana took the time to cast their votes for who will make major decisions concerning our schools, cities and towns, counties, and state...
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Linton girls fall to Edgewood
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
Linton-Stockton finished the regular season portion of its schedule, falling 5-0 at Edgewood in a girls tennis match Tuesday. The Lady Miners slipped to 0-14 while Edgewood won for the second time in 17 matches. "The sad thing about it was we were in it with a chance to win," said Linton-Stockton coach Brad McKinney. "We were up a break and serving at 4-3 and end up losing the set at two doubles...
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BHS softball blanked
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
Defending Class A sectional softball champion Clay City scored all of its runs in the top of the seventh inning and went on to defeated host Bloomfield 4-0 Tuesday. Sophomore Kari Bettenbrock tossed a four-hit shutout for the Lady Eels. Shannon Perkins had a double for Bloomfield (11-7)...
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Miners fall to 12-8
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
Linton-Stockton dropped its eighth game of the season, losing to Loogootee 7-3 in a non-conference baseball game at Roy Herndon Field Tuesday. Tyler Clifford went 1-for-4 with three RBIs to pace the Miners (12-8). Nick Goodman went 2-for-3 with a double; and Jason Neal, Jacob Burris and Josh Davis each had a single...
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Miners shoot 150
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
The Linton-Stockton boys golf team had four players shoot 38 or less as the Miners edged Terre Haute South 150-153 in a match at Phil Harris Tuesday. Senior Tim Fish led the Miners with a par round of 36 as they golfed on the back nine. South's Kevin Donohoe was low medalist with a 35...
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Cardinals win No. 11
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
Bloomfield came up with nine hits as the host Cardinals defeated Barr-Reeve 8-6 in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday. The Cardinals, who overcame a 5-0 deficit, got a home run by Tyler Evans. Chad Burnett and Shawn Toon each smacked a double. Toon earned the victory in relief...
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Linton girls finish fifth in track sectional
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
TERRE HAUTE ---- Linton-Stockton proved it belong with the big girls Tuesday here at the Terre Haute North girls track and field sectional Tuesday night. The Lady Miners had five girls qualify in six events for the regional, finishing in fifth place overall with 60 points. The top four individuals and top four relays teams advanced to next week's regional...
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Mother, son hurt in accident
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
A mother and her son were slightly injured after they were involved in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. on State Road 54 at the junction of State Road 43. Heather Walker, 23, of Solsberry and her son Dakota, 4, were traveling west on State Road 54 when Netha I. Utt, 66, of Bloomington, pulled into their path. Walker couldn't stop in time to avoid a collision, according to Greene County Sheriff's Deputy David Drew's report...
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Parts of Greene, Knox counties lose power
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
Several residents of southern Greene and northern Knox counties woke up this morning to discover they couldn't make their morning coffee or even listen to the news and weather on TV. The power was out. According to Robert Norris, spokesperson for Cinergy/PSI, the electrical power outage began about 4 a.m. today with some birds...
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Worthington still deciding what to do about mosquitoes
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
WORTHINGTON ---- Flooded streets, the great mosquito debate and the number of dwellings allowed on single lots were all topics at the Worthington Town Council meeting Tuesday. Worthington resident Glen Fulk told council president Bill Bays that Terre Haute Road, on the south side of town, "has a lot more of a (water) problem that we've had in a long time."...
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Petition to revoke filed against Gillenwater
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A petition to revoke the suspended sentence of a Bloomfield businessman has been filed in Greene Superior Court. Bradley J. Gillenwater, who is listed with the Indiana Secretary of State's Office as one of the incorporaters of Rumors Sports Bar, Inc., was placed on probation March 7, 2002, after he was convicted of battery resulting in bodily injury...
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Where are all the street signs in Linton?
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
If you're driving in Linton and are from out of town, chances are you will have trouble finding Uncle Ned and Aunt Tildy's house if a street address is all you have to go by. Linton seems to have a shortage of street signs. Many of the old street signs were removed several months ago for a street project, explained Linton mayor Jimmie K. Wright, and have not been replaced yet...
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Passion leads Scott around the world doing mission work
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
When Bethany (Holt) Scott of Bloomfield graduated from Bloomfield High School she headed for the University of Evansville. She went seeking a degree in biology, which she received in 1999. But Bethany received a lot more than a degree. She received a passion for foreign missions...
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Russell W. Kirkham
(Local News ~ 05/15/02)
LYONS ---- Russell W. Kirkham, 79, of Lyons, passed away at 2:35 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2002, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born March 5, 1923, in Benton County, he was the son of Ezra and Zelma (Keller) Kirkham. He worked construction for several years at G.H. Allen in Switz City. He was an Army veteran of World War II...
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