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Man leads area police on long chase
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
When Jasonville Police Officer Brian Pilant observed a vehicle run a stop sign in Jasonville on Saturday night he did what any officer would do: He pulled the vehicle over. But what happened next was anything but routine. The driver, Billie Eaton of West Terre Haute, drove off after being stopped...
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Hazel I. (Barton) Malone
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Hazel I. (Barton) Conder Grimes Malone, 89, of Jasonville, passed away at 8:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, 2002, at Regency Place in Greenwood. Born Sept. 5, 1912, in Greene County, she was the daughter of Golda and Bessie Kendall Barton. She had worked as a check-out clerk at Shakamak IGA and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Jasonville First Baptist Church...
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Weber happy with Miners' performance
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
In their only live tune-up before the start of the regular season, Linton-Stockton coach Steve Weber was happy with the results of the Miners' controlled scrimmage against Cloverdale at Roy Williams Field Friday night. "I was very pleased," he said after the scrimmage that lasted over two hours and featured over 100 plays. "If you would have asked me yesterday, I was not very happy. We looked like a bunch of clowns...
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WRV passes
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
White River Valley High School would like to announce that athletic passes are on sale. A family all sports pass for the whole corporation is $90. A family all sports pass for the high school is $60. Passes are available at the high school.
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WRV open
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
There were 32 teams and 128 golfers that participated in the annual White River Valley Open golf tournament at Phil Harris Golf Course Saturday. Event organizer Sean Vandeventer said the team of Mark Pirtle, Bill Pirtle, Lonnie Boyd and Chad House finished first in the scramble with a 51...
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Morin excited about being varsity coach
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Jeri Morin has always wanted to be a varsity coach, but ideally she would have wished for a little more preparation time. With the last-minute departure of Cassie Smith to North Central, Morin was hired earlier this month to coach the Shakamak varsity volleyball team. She had less than two weeks to get the team ready for its opening match tomorrow night against defending Class A sectional champion Bloomfield...
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Bloomington woman faces murder charges
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
Rose Marie Sowders, 33, Bloomington, is facing three counts of murder in Monroe County. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, on Friday morning shortly after midnight, it received word of gunshots at a duplex a mile south of Bloomington...
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Dugger fire department receives Jaws of Life
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
DUGGER ---- Imagine for a moment, you have already experienced a frightening car crash. But now you are trapped within your vehicle. Crumpled metal will not allow you to open any doors or windows to escape. Fortunately, a tool long used by firefighters, the Jaws of Life, lets rescuers pry and cut metal with ease to free trapped persons quickly...
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Sleep-A-Thon scheduled to help needy
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
For Sandy Fiscus of the Wabash Valley Human Services office in Linton, August always means one thing ---- the annual Sleep-A-Thon. The event, set to begin at 5 p.m. on Sept. 13 is fun for the participants, and raises money for the Isaac K. Beckes Emergency Assistance Fund, which is used to assist low-income Greene County people needing some help...
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Greene County Crime Stoppers schedule fund-raiser
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
Taking a bite out of crime isn't cheap. That's why Greene County Crime Stoppers will host its first fund-raiser Tuesday. The local organization has been in operation for over a year, and this is the first time it has had to do a fund-raiser. "We have survived on the donations we received when we first started up to this point," said Linton Police Chief Keith McDonald, who was instrumental in getting the tip hot line in place for the county...
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Meetings set to discuss I-69
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
If you have an opinion about the I-69 project ---- pro or con ---- time is running out to let your opinion be heard. With the announced preferred and nonpreferred routes a couple of weeks ago, Greene County is smack in the middle of the action. If, and that's a big if, we're lucky, I-69 could split this county in half...
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Farmers face lower yields
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
Drought conditions are reducing crop production in many areas of the country this summer, and Greene County is no exception. Local farmers got an all-too-familiar double whammy, a late start in planting crops due to excess rainfall, followed by a dry summer...
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Iva M. Plummer
(Local News ~ 08/19/02)
SCOTLAND ---- Iva M. Plummer, 94, of Scotland, passed away at 10:45 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2002 at Northwood Good Samaritan Center in Jasper. Born June 16, 1908 in Greene County, she was the daughter of John and Frances (Dove) Plummer. She was a retired school teacher, and a member of the Mount Nebo Methodist Church...
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