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Jasonville Cord, Worthington Assembly to close
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
When Effie Williams greeted her employees this morning at Worthington Assembly Company, she tried to do so as usual. Williams has been an employee at the plant since 1984, and the plant manager since April of this year. But the news she had to tell her employees when they came to work today wasn't the kind of news friends like telling each other...
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Cards earn 10th victory
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
Bloomfield's volleyball team tuned up for a run at a fifth consecutive sectional championship with a 21-16, 21-14, 21-18 win over host North Knox Saturday. "The girls played really well," said Bloomfield coach Susie Schulte. "We only missed one serve (59 of 60) and only had eight errors on kills...
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Linton earns wins No. 21, 22
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
Linton-Stockton concluded its most successful regular season in school history, defeating host Clay City 21-11, 21-13, 21-7 and South Vermillion 21-5, 21-1, 21-7 in a round-robin Saturday night. With the two wins, the Lady Miners, ranked No. 10 in Class 2A, will enter sectional play with a 22-2 record...
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Union achieves perfection in volleyball
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
Saturday was a landmark day for the Union (Dugger) volleyball team. With wins over West Vigo (21-16, 21-10), New Harmony (21-18, 21-10) and Class A No. 10 Springs Valley (21-13, 21-19) at the Union volleyball invitational Saturday, the Lady Bulldogs completed the regular season with a perfect 31-0 record...
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Robinson places fourth at cross country regional
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
BLOOMINGTON ---- For the second consecutive year, Breck Robinson earned a trip to the girls cross country semistate. Robinson ran near the front the entire 2.5 miles, finishing fourth here at the Bloomington North Regional Saturday. Robinson was clocked at 15 minutes, 31 seconds on the sunny but cool morning. Only Maile Venable (15:03), Meagan Scheidler (15:16) and Dani Prince (15:21) were faster. Venable and Prince are from Bloomington South while Scheidler represented Terre Haute South...
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Wood Memorial routs Union in football
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
Wood Memorial outscored Union (Dugger) 34-0 over the final three quarters as the host Trojans defeated the Bulldogs 46-12 in the final football game of the regular season for both teams at Oakland City Friday night. Union (4-5) did all of it scoring in the first quarter...
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Miners close regular season with big victory
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
There were a lot of reasons for the smiles on the faces of the Linton-Stockton football team and coaching staff. Their offense was perfect in the first half -- turning three possessions into three touchdowns as they led 20-0 at half-time. The defense had came up nine plays for loss, pitching its first shutout of the season...
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Shoals teen arrested Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
A Shoals teen was arrested on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated following a one-vehicle accident Saturday morning near State Road 45. According to a report filed by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy David Drew, Matthew S. Lynch, 18, and his passenger, Stacy M. Slutzky, 19, of Williams, were traveling southeast on Tunnel Hill Road when a dog ran into their path...
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Empty home near Dugger damaged by fire
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
DUGGER ---- A fire Friday afternoon damaged an empty house southwest of Dugger. Levi Lynn of the Dugger Volunteer Fire Department said when his department was called to the fire at approximately 12:51 p.m., the front porch of the older frame home was on fire...
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Red Ribbon Week starts today in Linton
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
"No use of illegal drugs and no illegal use of legal drugs" is the message the planners of Red Ribbon Week want to get to our children. Today through Wednesday, Linton-Stockton Junior High School teachers and students are taking part in the national anti-drug campaign as their way of educating and motivating children to stay away from drugs...
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Man to give students a talk about peer pressure, bad decisions
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
Getting through to junior high students the importance of making good decisions isn't always easy. That's why Linton-Stockton Junior High School principal Jeff Sparks believes in allowing his students to learn first-hand what the consequences of a bad decision can be...
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Drug Free in Greene offers a look into drug abuse
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
SWITZ CITY ---- "There's a killer loose in Indiana, and it will kill more than any sniper. That killer is methamphetamine. It's similar to rat poison. If you take it every day and every day, it will kill you." Those were the words of Linton police chief Keith McDonald as he spoke to a crowd of adults and children who attended the annual Drug Free in Greene at the Greene County 4-H extension building Friday evening...
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Linton man arrested for breaking into house
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
A Linton man is being held without bond in Greene County Jail after he allegedly broke into a residence on SE A St. on Sunday morning. According to a report filed by Linton Officer Chad Crynes, on Sunday at 4:47 a.m. he received a call from a woman who said that James L. Camden, 42, was in her home without her permission...
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Mary Margaret (Mullins) Hert
(Local News ~ 10/21/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Mary Margaret (Mullins) Hert, 90, of Bloomfield, passed away at 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002, at her residence in Bloomfield. Born Jan. 17, 1912, in Coalmont, she was the daughter of Bert and Bernice (Ray) Mullins. She was a homemaker and a member of the Solsberry United Methodist Church...
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