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Bedwell concerned about intersection on Fairview Road
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
Harry Bedwell, a Master Trooper with the Indiana State Police, is making good on his promise to stop traffic offenders at a dangerous intersection north of Linton. On Tuesday afternoon, Bedwell patrolled the intersection of County Roads 200N and 1175W, on Fairview road near the German Cemetery, and hit pay dirt...
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Forrest Lee Edwards
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
CANNELBURG ---- Forest Lee Edwards, 67, of Cannelburg passed away at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16, 2002, in a trucking accident on Interstate164 in Vanderburgh County. Born March 25, 1935, in Lyons, he was the son of Gilbert and Blanche (Mullis) Edwards...
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Frances Clore Baker
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
LINDEN, Tenn. ---- Frances Clore Baker, 95, of Linden, Tenn., passed away at 1:10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, 2002, at Perry County Community Hospital in Linden, Tenn. Born Nov. 6, 1906 in Oldham County, she was the daughter of Perry and Nancy Jane (Smith) Neal...
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White River Valley ends Bloomfield's streak
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- One of the most amazing streaks in the history of the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference is over. After 30 straight regular season wins in SWIAC play, dating back to 1997, and 43 consecutive victories over conference foes, including tournaments and sectionals, Bloomfield's volleyball dominance came to an end when White River Valley defeated the host Lady Cardinals 21-11, 21-16, 19-21, 21-9 here at Glover Gymnasium Tuesday night...
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WRV wins
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
White River Valley edged North Knox 27-30 in a junior high boys cross country meet Monday. Ben Baker of WRV won with a time of 12 minutes, 35 seconds. Also in the top 10 for WRV were Tyler Zimmerly (third) and Matthew Wall and Steve Wierzchowski placed 5-6...
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Linton wins three in golf
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
Linton-Stockton shot a 150 and easily defeated White River Valley (184), Bloomfield (193) and Shakamak (215) in a junior high golf match at Phil Harris Golf Course Tuesday. Caleb Dunkerly and George Fritch IV both shot 34 for the Miners, tying for low-medalist honors...
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Linton 3-0
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
Linton-Stockton's seventh grade volleyball team improved to 3-0 after a 21-11, 19-21, 21-19 victory over North Knox. Ashlea Beard led the Lady Miners with 12 service points and two kills. Ashton Montgomery had nine points and four kills and Brittany Pledger added seven points...
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Directions to Clinton Prairie
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
Linton-Stockton football fans traveling to the Clinton Prairie game Friday night should take Highway 59 north to Waveland. Fans should then take Highway 47 north to Highway 231. Take 231 north to Highway 28 in Romney. Go east on 28 until you come to State Road 52. Go south like going to Indianapolis for about a 1/2 mile...
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Hobbs sets record for Shakamak
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
Shakamak sophomore Morgan Hobbs dished out 33 assists helping the Lakers to a 21-19, 21-7, 17-21, 21-19 victory at Cloverdale Tuesday night. "Morgan broke the record for assists in a match," said Shakamak coach Jeri Morin, whose Lady Lakers improved to 7-10. "Kara (Cooprider) also broke the record for kills in a season."...
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Linton frosh undefeated in volleyball
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
Linton-Stockton's freshmen volleyball team remained undefeated after beating Northview 21-12, 21-17 and host Sullivan 21-19, 21-19 in a round-robin Tuesday night. "We played well," said L-S coach Jill Flater. "We had almost 30 digs against Northview and almost 40 digs against Sullivan...
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New AAU team
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
A new fifth grade boys AAU travel basketball team, based in Terre Haute, is being formed. They are looking for players from surrounding towns in Indiana and Illinois. Tryouts are scheduled for Oct. 15 and Oct. 17 in Terre Haute. Please call 894-3312 evenings and weekends to register for the tryout...
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Lyons Town Council OKs new town marshal, auxiliary office
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
LYONS ---- Lyons Town Council president Lois Flynn introduced the new town marshal and auxiliary officer at Tuesday night's meeting. Craig "Blu" Pierce, the town marshal, and Ron Sparks, an auxiliary officer, were sworn in and began working at their new positions the last week of August...
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State excise police conduct saturation patrols
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
The Indiana Excise Police has released statistics on the agencies saturation patrols. This year the patrols were conducted on May 24, June 15, July 12 and Aug. 11 According to information compiled by Indiana Excise Officer Brent McKinney, the saturation resulted in a total of 38 charges against 35 people. Three warnings were issued, two for traffic and one tobacco violation...
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Economic board asks that Dibble be made a county employee
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Joe Angell of the Greene County Economic Development Board requested at Tuesday's Greene County Commissioners meeting that county Economic Development director Charley Dibble be officially made a county employee, mainly for tax purposes...
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Church production a huge success; another night planned
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
If you have not been able to make it to a performance of "Heaven's Gates & Hell's Fire" at the Worthington Assembly of God, you have one more chance. The drama will be presented today at 7 p.m. at the church, according to Pastor Davy Dyer of the Worthington Assembly of God...
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Study tables available at Linton schools
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
Students who need extra help with their academics have that opportunity at the Linton-Stockton School Corporation. Students have always been able to stay after school and meet with teachers, or ask for help during the day. But now, there's a specific time and place all students can go after school to polish their skills...
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Officials pleased with fairway grass at golf course
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
When Rodney Bredeweg sprayed the fairways at the Phil Harris Golf Course in July to kill the grass, he admittedly had some concerns about how well its replacement would perform. After all, Bredeweg, who has been superintendent/groundskeeper at the Linton golf course for 17 years, had tended the Kentucky bluegrass and rye grass for many years and knew it well. He didn't know how the new Bermuda grass he was replacing it with would perform...
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Keeping Crane vital to Greene County
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
The importance of keeping Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center open was stressed to the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce Tuesday afternoon. Speaking at the Triple H Gun Club south of Linton, retired Naval officer James R. Schonberger, operations manager for the EG&G Company which provides technical services to Crane, said BRAC "is a four-letter word."...
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Craig R. Klepper
(Local News ~ 09/18/02)
COLUMBUS ---- Craig R. Klepper, 44, of Columbus, passed away Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002, at his home. Born July 22, 1958, in Grand Rapids, Mich., he was the son of Adrian and Kay (Makins) Klepper. He was a computer enthusiast, a writer and enjoyed poetry. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and attended the Linton Church of Christ...
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