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Gennicks wants to keep his job on coaching staff
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
A capacity crowd filled the Linton-Stockton Education Center Tuesday night, many there to speak to the Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees in favor of assistant football coach Mark Gennicks. Gennicks voiced his objections to recent decisions made by the school board on the football program...
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Lakers 16-8
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
In a game added to the schedule to make up for ones lost to weather, Sullivan scored three runs in the sixth inning to pull out a 9-7 victory over visiting Shakamak Tuesday. Korey Grow had two doubles and drove in four runs for the winners, who improved to 19-7. Caleb Lippeatt also had two RBIs and Brock Doty was 2-for-2 for Sullivan...
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Cards end season
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
One of the most successful seasons in the history of Bloomfield girls tennis came to an end with a 5-0 loss to Evansville North at the Jasper Regional Tuesday. The Lady Cardinals, who were champions of the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference for the third straight year and fifth time in six years, finished with a 13-8 record. On Saturday, Bloomfield won the school's first sectional title in girls tennis...
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Johnson to meet Shakamak players
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
New Shakamak boys basketball coach Joshua Johnson will be meeting with any student/athlete in incoming grades 5-12 who plans to play basketball next season and their parents at 6 p.m. Monday, June 10 in the high school cafeteria. Johnson said he wants to let players and parents know what programs he will be running this summer and have the opportunity to meet with them...
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Shakamak routs WRV in softball sectional
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
CLAY CITY ---- Valerie Blanton tossed a no-hitter and Nicole Fougerousse hit three home runs and drove in eight RBIs to lead Shakamak to a 20-0 victory over White River Valley in the final first round game at the Class A Clay City softball sectional here Tuesday night...
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Union tops Linton in softball sectional
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
CLAY CITY ---- Union (Dugger) pounded out 10 hits and capitalized on five Linton-Stockton errors as the Lady Bulldogs opened play at the Class A Clay City Sectional with a 10-0 victory in five innings here Tuesday. "We hit the ball hard today," said Union (Dugger) softball coach Beth Slack. "With all the rain, all we have done is hit the ball inside. Maybe that paid off for us."...
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Linton Karting Association
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
Below is a list of the top three finishers in each class of the Linton Karting Association. Races took place Saturday at Bakersfield Raceway in Linton. Kids ---- 1. Dillon Deckard Rookies ---- 1. Ryan Carlisle; 2. Tyson Banks; 3. Christopher Angell...
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Firestone, Cooprider going to state
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
For the third consecutive year, White River Valley junior Malea Firestone will be competing in the state track and field finals. Firestone assured that by finishing second in the 300 meter low hurdles at the Bedford Regional Tuesday night. Firestone was clocked at 46.85 seconds, which was only bettered by Bloomington North's Chara Lane, who won the event with a time of 45.92...
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Walter F. "Tick" Scholl
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
Walter F. "Tick" Scholl, 81 of St. Louis died May 17 at Little Sisters of The Poor Retirement Home. Born July 4, 1921, in Linton, he was the son of Walter H. "Doc""Scholl and Ida (Ingleman) Scholl. A graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic, he practiced in Linton, as well as St. ...
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Cards lose one-run game
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
Bloomfield slipped to 11-10 after a 4-3 loss at home to Washington Catholic in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday. Chad Burnett suffered the defeat. His record slipped to 2-3. The Cardinals will play at Eastern today. McKinney and Buckley; C. Burnett, Toon (6) and Veatch. W ---- McKinney. L ---- Burnett, 2-3. 2B ---- Evans (B), McKinney (W)...
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White River Valley tops NC in baseball
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
Although not a thing of beauty, White River Valley pounded out 13 hits and overcame five errors to defeat host North Central 16-13 in a non-conference baseball game at Farmersburg Tuesday. "We made a lot of mistakes in the field," said WRV coach Eric Lyons, whose Wolverines improved to 5-14. "But not through lack of effort...
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Shake asks for some answers about Wilder Project
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Roger Shake isn't very happy with the way a meeting with representatives of the Natural Resources Conservation Service Office went Tuesday afternoon. Shake, who lives on County Road 1450 southwest of Linton near the Goosepond, owns about 170 acres of ground and farms a total of about 1,200 acres. ...
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Old levy was reason C.R. 200 South flooded so bad
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Earlier this month, some Greene County residents wondered why the Old Lyons Road ---- County Road 200S south of Linton also known as Marsh Road ---- was staying flooded so long. At times, water nearly two-feet deep ran over a portion of the road, making it impassible to most vehicles. Old Lyons Road runs east and west between the Goosepond area south of Linton, and Lyons...
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Girl OK after being left on school bus
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
A Dugger Elementary School first grader is back at school and her principal describes her as "bubbly as ever." The first grader fell asleep on the school bus on the way to school Monday morning, and her bus driver, Darla Salesman-Biondi, didn't realize the girl was still aboard when she parked it at her home. She then left for her other job in Jasonville, according to Northeast Sullivan School Corporation Superintendent Rick Walters...
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Jasonville man attacked at Wendy's parking lot
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
A Jasonville man did not receive medical treatment after he was attacked in the parking lot of a local restaurant Tuesday evening. Doug Wilson, 23, told Linton Officer Chadd Anderson when he arrived at work at Wendy's he got out of his car and a large male jumped him...
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Linton police ID woman found dead Tuesday
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
The Linton Police Department has released the name of the woman found dead in her trailer on SW 9th St. on Tuesday morning. Bonnie S. Booker, 31, was discovered dead in her living room by a family member. "We are still suspecting an unintentional drug overdose," Linton Police Chief Keith McDonald said...
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Commissioners OK Meeks' application
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Newberry man told Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday he wanted to clear up some facts about his business after Tom Foster of the Indiana Department of Motor Vehicles discussed salvage yards and junk cars at the May 6 meeting. William "Bil" Meek, who owns a business called 928 Custom Services on 2nd Street in Newberry, said Foster had apparently given commissioners the impression Meek wanted to start a junk yard in that town...
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Linton moving ahead with football fieldhouse plans
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
At Tuesday night's meeting of the Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees, board member Fred Spinks discussed an upcoming remodeling project, involving adding space to the school's old fieldhouse. The fieldhouse ---- located northeast of the football field ---- will be 30X70 feet and will include a 46X28-foot weight room, office, showers, bathrooms and taping/first aid area...
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Murphy arrested this morning
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
Residents south of Linton watched and wondered this morning as a helicopter circled around the Old Lyons Road (County Road 200 South) and County Road 1100 West area. According to the Indiana State Police, the department was serving a warrant on Kenneth Murphy, 42, who lives on C.R. 1100W...
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Wilma Mae Pickett
(Local News ~ 05/22/02)
Wilma Mae Pickett, 68, of Linton, passed away at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at her residence. Born Oct. 24, 1933 in Linton, she was the daughter of Desire and Minnie (Barnett) Cuvelier. She worked as a certified nurse's aide at Glenburn Home for over 25 years. She was of the Assembly of God faith...
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