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Bloomfield computer business will come into your home
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- OK, so you have decided to buy a home computer. The problem is you think that a gigabyte is a stone statue on front of an old building. Larry and Valarie (Bovenchen) Fink are hoping they can help you out. The couple have Fink Enterprises, Inc. in their home at 719 Lincoln Drive in Bloomfield. The couple own and operate a computer company out of the basement...
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Iva Plummer
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
SCOTLAND ---- Iva Plummer, 94, of Scotland, passed away at 10:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, 2002, at Northwood Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Jasper. Funeral arrangements are pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Taylor takes over as Eastern volleyball coach
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Amanda Taylor takes over an experienced Eastern volleyball team. Taylor, a 1989 Boonville graduate who was a volunteer assistant a year ago, will have seven returning lettermen from a squad that finished 7-19 a year ago. Although she will have some veteran players, what Taylor didn't have was a lot of time to prepare. She was hired to be varsity coach, replacing Denice Stonier (9-42 in two seasons), on July 16...
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Woman suspected of three murders caught in Greene County
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
A woman suspected of killing three people in Monroe County was apprehended in Greene County early this morning. Rose Marie Sowders, 33, of Bloomington, was located at a residence near Hendricksvile in northeast Greene County. She allegedly told family members that she had killed three people...
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Jasonville brothers rounded up in meth bust
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
Two Jasonville brothers were arrested in a major methamphetamine bust Wednesday afternoon at Farmersburg. Donald Bickel, 40, and David Bickel, 39, are facing preliminary charges of visiting a common nuisance. They have bonded out of the Sullivan County Jail...
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WRV School Board meets
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
SWAT CITY ---- Stephen Campbell has been doing school budgets for 26 years, so he's confident in his ability. He's just not sure if the state will hold up its end of the bargain. The White River Valley superintendent presented the school's 2003 budget at Thursday night's Board of School Trustees meeting. The overall budget of $8,696,139 is a two percent increase over last year's budget...
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Amishman worried about his horses
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
"It's scary." That's what one Daviess County Amishman said about an outbreak of a yet-undetermined disease that has already affected about 200 horses in the Amish community in a 10-mile radius in the Odon-Montgomery-Cannelburg-Loogootee area...
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Council OKs $10.5 million sale of bonds
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- After an extremely long discussion and a multitude of questions, the Greene County Council took a giant step forward toward a new courthouse Thursday evening when councilman Rod Hasler made a motion for a 25-year, $10.5 million bond issue...
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New microfilm machine up and running at Linton library
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
Are you into genealogy? Then more than likely you've spent time at this newspaper or another newspaper going through old copies searching for obituaries or birth announcements. It happens at The Daily Citizen every week. It's not a hassle, considering our microfilm collection goes back to 1921 (with a few exceptions). The paper is more than happy to have people come in and do research...
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State issues West Nile Virus advisory
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
State health officials have issued a West Nile Virus advisory for Greene County because they are awaiting test results of several horses in adjacent Daviess County that are considered to be probable cases of West Nile Virus. Although no horses in Indiana have been confirmed positive for the virus so far, health officials believe it is likely that one or more of these horses will be confirmed as having the disease...
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Toddler battling rare disease
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
WORTHINGTON ---- Her light hair bounces as she runs across the living room floor. Her eyes sparkle and her smile warms your heart as she races against her dad. Emily Pickard, 2, is victorious over her dad, Worthington Police Officer Jeff Pickard. Jeff and his wife, Kristie, are hoping and praying that Emily will also be victorious over the rare form of encephalitis she is battling...
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It's time to support I-69 through Greene County
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
Next week is Linton and Greene County's last opportunity to voice our support for INDOT and I-69's alternative routes Nos. 2 and 4 preferred options. There are two public hearings scheduled: Monday at 6 p.m. at Terre Haute High School, 3737 S. 7th St. in Terre Haute...
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Robert J. Vass
(Local News ~ 08/16/02)
BLOOMINGTON ---- Robert J. Vass, 71, of Bloomington, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002, at Bloomington Hospital. Born Feb. 2, 1931, in Terre Haute, he was the son of Dewey H and Ruth (Aydelotte) Vass. Prior to his retirement in 1993 he was a science teacher at Dyer Junior High School and later was a counselor at Bloomington High School South. ...
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