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Bush looking to build trust
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
Ron Bush knows there will be a lot of things on his plate when he officially starts his job as superintendent of the Linton-Stockton School Corporation next year. But none will be as important as building trust with his employees and students. Bush, the superintendent at the Metropolitan School District of Shakamak, was hired as the superintendent at Linton by the Board of School Trustees on Monday night. Board president George Skeel made the motion, and it was seconded by Fred Spinks...
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Boyd has 15 players at Union this season
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
DUGGER ---- Doug Boyd begins his third season at Union (Dugger), his alma mater, with 15 players, the most he's had. "If we can get all the kids back from injuries and grades, I think we can take a step forward," said Boyd, whose Bulldogs posted a 1-20 mark last year. "We have three seniors that have provided good leadership...
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Boys basketball season opens tonight
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
Hard as it is to believe, the high school boys basketball season for area teams begins tonight when Eastern, ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press preseason Class 2A poll, entertains Owen Valley. Since the Thanksgiving Classic at White River Valley, which featured Linton-Stockton against Union (Dugger) and WRV against Bloomfield, is no more, most area teams will have new opening-game opponents...
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Terre Haute woman charged in weekend burglary
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Charges have been filed against a Terre Haute woman in connection with a weekend burglary in Linton. Bonnie J. Akers is charged with conspiracy to commit theft and conspiracy to commit burglary. The charges stem from a burglary at AAA Storage Units behind City Pest Control...
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Former area man arrested
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
An Indianapolis man arrested late Sunday night by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department on felony drug charges remains in Sullivan County Jail today under $75,000 bond. Shane Allen Baker, 26, was arrested at 10:50 p.m. on Sunday by SCSD deputies David Haddix and Bill Snead after materials and chemicals used in the manufacturing of methanphetamine were found in his car...
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Bus drivers don't make as much as bid suggests
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
So you read in the paper that some school bus drivers make over $160 a day, five days a week, nine months out of the year, and think they're getting rich. Hardly. Rodney Bredeweg has been driving a Linton-Stockton school bus for 22 years. He says he makes a profit, but probably not as much as some might think...
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County Council talks about insurance
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- "I'll be damned if I am going to raise taxes to pay health insurance." Those were Greene County Council president Jim Oliphant's sentiments at the county council meeting Monday evening. The council was approving an additional appropriation of $200,000 to pay the county's insurance bill for the rest of 2002...
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Board hires Bush for his experience, and he's a people person
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
Three items were a common theme among the Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees concerning the hiring of Ron Bush as superintendent. The decision between the three finalists wasn't an easy one. Bush had the most experience with budgets of the three finalists...
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Man makes serious threats after being arrested
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Christopher Anderson is facing five charges, including intimidation and resisting law enforcement, in Greene Superior Court. Anderson, 23, of Linton, also is facing charges of criminal mischief, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner that endangered a person and operating a vehicle while intoxicated...
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WRV ranked sixth
(Local News ~ 11/26/02)
White River Valley moved up to sixth in the most recent Indiana Coaches Girls Sports Association Class A girls basketball poll. The Lady Wolverines, who have started 3-0, were No. 9 in last week's poll. Kokomo, Alexandria, Southwestern and North Vermillion are the No. 1 ranked teams in polls 4A through A...
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