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Shields quits smoking after 33 years
(Local News ~ 01/08/03)
When you've been smoking cigarettes for 33 years, it's unbelievably hard to quit ---- you're addicted. But Linton businessman Fred Shields is a success story. He sought the help of some local nurses in a smoking cessation program called TAP, the Tobacco Awareness Program...
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Linton takes Eastern
(High School Sports ~ 01/08/03)
Linton-Stockton's seventh grade boys basketball team opened the 2003 portion of its schedule with a 40-24 victory at Eastern Tuesday night. Ethan Brewer (13 points) and Jathon Wright (12) combined for 25 points to pace the Miners. Jeff Laughlin scored seven points, Jacob Fender had four and Jarrett Lannon and Jathon Powell both added two points...
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Graves scores 36 against Linton
(High School Sports ~ 01/08/03)
Every time that Linton-Stockton challenged, White River Valley had an answer in the form of junior A.J. Graves. The 6-1 guard scored 12 points of his season-high 36 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Wolverines hold off the Miners for a 63-56 in an opening-round game of the Greene County Invitational here Tuesday night...
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Clara Foster
(Local News ~ 01/08/03) Clara Foster, 98, of Bloomfield, passed away at 6:20 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, 2003, at Lyons Health and Living Center. Born Nov. 9, 1904, in Greene County, she was the daughter of Edgar and Maude (Moffet) Emery. She was a homemaker and helped her husband with Foster Furniture and Upholstery and with the furniture refinishing business. She was a member of the Bloomfield First Christian Church; Home Improvement Club; Antioch Club; and Ladies Aid at Antioch Christian Church... -
Miller scores perfect on ISTEP math test
(Local News ~ 01/08/03)
A White River Valley High School sophomore who scored a perfect 720 on the math portion of ISTEP+ says she really doesn't even like that particular subject all that well. "I don't really like math, but who does?" admitted Paige Miller. "But math is my strong subject."...
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Sluder remains as president of Jasonville City Council
(Local News ~ 01/08/03)
As the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke don't fix it." On Monday night, the Jasonville City Council voted to keep the leadership of the council the same. Peggy Sluder has served as president pro-tempore for the past three years and the council voted Monday to keep her in that position...
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Commissioners may have to cut $600,000 from highway budget
(Local News ~ 01/08/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday followed suit with the County Council in agreeing to hire no new county employees until budget woes can be worked out. "The State Tax Board has cut the budget drastically," explained commissioners' president Tom Britton...
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Commissioners rescind approval of Newberry junk yard
(Local News ~ 01/08/03)
Greene County Commissioners have rescinded their approval, and the license, of a salvage yard in Newberry that is unsightly, overcrowded and making its neighbors very unhappy. Several Newberry residents who live near the salvage/junk yard on 2nd Street, including town council president Lanny Pickett and clerk-treasurer Helen Stoner, have been complaining about a large number of old cars and trash on the property. The Daily Citizen reported on the problem Monday...
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Indianapolis man LifeLined this morning after one vehicle crash
(Local News ~ 01/08/03)
An Indianapolis man was to be LifeLined to Methodist Hospital this morning after he was involved in a one-vehicle accident on State Road 57 just south of Wickes Lumber. The helicopter had landed at Greene County General Hospital as of press time, and was preparing to take Charles E. Farrester, 49, to the Indianapolis hospital...
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Cracks discovered in walls of Greene County Courthouse
(Local News ~ 01/08/03)
Cracks that have appeared in the south and east walls of the courthouse, apparently the result of excavation work being done outside on the south lawn, are not dangerous, according to Todd Taylor, an engineer with United Consulting Engineers. United is overseeing a $10.5 million courthouse renovation and addition project that began about two months ago. Weddle Brothers Construction of Bloomington is the contractor for the project...
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WRV still working hard
(High School Sports ~ 01/08/03)
Sean Vandeventer is happy about his White River Valley being rated No. 2 team in Class A, and having won seven of its first eight games, including a 63-56 victory over Linton-Stockton in the first-round of the Greene County Invitational at home Tuesday night. But he realizes have to play better if they want to achieve their lofty goals...
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