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Variety Store snack bar to remain open
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
Linton Variety will officially close Aug. 1 in downtown Linton, but its snack bar won't miss a beat as the transition from variety store to Boys and Girls Club of Greene County is completed. The snack bar will remain open, under new management. Ernie Turpin, a Springville resident, has experience in the restaurant and bakery businesses. ...
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Ken Lee Clouse
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Ken Lee Clouse, 74, of Bloomfield, passed away at 12 a.m. today, July 12, 2002, at his residence. Born March 21, 1928, in Eastland, Tenn., he was the son of Rayshow and Eva Lee (Young) Clouse. He was a retired manager who worked in the petroleum industry. He was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church of Bloomfield and was a VFW Life member of the Martinsville Post #1257...
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Jeff Poe to play golf at Vincennes University
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
Once Jeff Poe was bitten by the golf bug before his freshman year of high school, he had a goal that motivated him to keep going to the golf course. "I think I was about 14 or 15 when I started playing pretty heavy. It was my freshman year," Poe recalled. "I played a lot of sports, and it was the toughest game I ever came across. It was something about the game that stuck with me, and I kept wanting to get better and achieve more...
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Steve Meurer named Union girls hoops coach
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
On Monday evening at the Northeast School Corporation of Sullivan County school board meeting, Steve Meurer was named head coach of the Union High School girls varsity basketball team. Meurer has been the junior varsity boys basketball coach at Union for the past three seasons. Prior to coming to Dugger, he was the varsity girls basketball coach at North Daviess High School...
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Crane gets money for construction project
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar's office was notified today that the U.S. Department of the Navy has awarded more than $5 million for construction work at Crane Navel Surface Warfare Center. The work, to be completed by Korte Construction Company of Highland, Ill., will be completed by July 2003 and is expected to coast $5,164,046...
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Sandboard council, residents debate need for town marshal
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
SANDBORN ---- The members of the Sandborn Town Council disagree on the need of a town marshal, but town residents told the council Thursday it needs police protection. "I'm not on the council, but I think we definitely need one (a marshal)," said June Gregg. Mike Ruppel agreed with Gregg...
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4-H marks 100th anniversary
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
This year marks the 100th anniversary of 4-H, and one 10-year 4-H member from Linton has enjoyed her time in the organization. Stefanie Dale said that her mother, Della, got her started in 4-H. Della was a 10-year 4-H member herself, and currently is the leader of the Robins, which is a 4-H club at Linton...
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Porter named WRV board president
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- Bruce Porter is the new White River Valley School Board president. Glen Cundiff received the vote for the board's vice president and Shari Hostetter will be secretary for 2002-03. WRV legal representative Chip Allen swore in new members Bill White and renewed vows for Gerald Murdock, Shari Hostetter and Roger Shake...
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Miller named Shakamak girls basketball coach
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
JASONVILLE ---- There were new faces on the Shakamak School Board at Thursday's meeting, but they proved in their first meeting they have their own opinions. Jon Miller, who resigned last month as assistant boys basketball coach, had indicated he was interested in the girls basketball head coach position and the boys cross country position...
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Bloomfield board overturns superintendent's decision
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- "We are just thrilled with the decision," exclaimed Joyce Carmichael, mother of Jacob Carmichael, who will enter Bloomfield Elementary School in August as a kindergarten student. Joyce and her husband Troy have appealed decisions by Bloomfield School District Elementary Principal Mary Jo Vandeventer and superintendent Ron Hasler, who closed the doors to tuition students due to the high numbers of enrolled students...
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Linton man found guilty late Thursday night
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
A Greene County jury returned a guilty verdict on three drug related counts against a Linton man in Greene Superior Court late Thursday night. Jason Burns' trial began Tuesday and the jury returned the verdict at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. Burns, 22, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit dealing in a schedule II controlled substance, a B felony; theft, D felony; and resisting law enforcement, a class A misdemeanor...
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Man faces charges for taping up his wife
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Charges against a Jasonville man were filed Wednesday afternoon in Greene Circuit Court. Jack Maze, 54, of Jasonville, is facing charges of confinement without cause, a class D felony and domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor after he allegedly taped his wife's head and wrists with electrical tape...
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Jasonville remembers a fallen friend
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Hundreds of people gathered at Hanna Field to honor an athlete who not only was a great athlete, but also a great person. On Oct. 14, 1998, Rachel Hauser was killed in a car accident. She was a sophomore at Shakamak High School, where she was a member of the softball team. She also was active in the Shakamak Girls Softball League...
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Grooming business to extend hours
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
For those who absolutely hate to give your dog or cat a bath, raise your hand. Well, there's some good news. Brenda Hiatt of Pet's Cool Image is at your service. Hiatt opened her cat and dog grooming facility in January of this year across from Phil Harris Golf Course on Linton's east side...
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Geraldine (Bissell) Gilbert
(Local News ~ 07/12/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Geraldine (Bissell) Gilbert, 80, of Jasonville, passed away at 12:26 a.m. today, July 12, 2002, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Born March 18, 1922, in Greene County, she was the daughter of Walter and Elsie (Barnhill) Bissell. She was a homemaker and a member of the Jasonville VFW Auxillary. She was a graduate of Jasonville High School class of 1939 and graduate of Indiana Business College of Indianapolis. She was a veteran of U.S. Navy of WW II, Yeoman 2nd Class...
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