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Sue Bedwell opens new business
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
You've decided to redecorate your home. But if you, like many of us, want a certain "look" but aren't sure if that hunter green couch would go with those mauve curtains you saw in a catalogue, ask Sue Bedwell. She has a natural talent for which colors, fabrics and accessories it takes to get that "certain look" in your home...
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Chester Arthur VanWinkle
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Chester Arthur VanWinkle, 81, of Bloomfield, passed away at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, at his residence. Born Dec. 20, 1921 in Crawford County, he was the son of Chester Arthur Allen and Katie Leona (Sprinkle) VanWinkle. He was a night watchman for Indian Hills Stone in Monroe County. He was a member of Westside Trinity Pentecostal Church in Bloomington, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II...
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Don Pope
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
Don Pope, 86, of Linton, passed away at 6:50 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, at Walnut Creek at Linton. Born April 19, 1916 in Greene County, he was the son of Leonard J. and Fannie (Tetick) Pope. He was a school teacher, principal, superintendent, Greene County superintendent, and Northeast Dubois County superintendent before retiring in 1978. ...
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Linton girls top Union in SWIAC game
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
Mike Riggleman has been working to get his team to put teams away when it has the chance. On Thursday night against Union at home, the Miners did just that in posting a 55-40 girls high school basketball SWIAC victory. "In the second quarter we opened it up, and came out after halftime and pushed the lead even further," Riggleman said. "The first couple of trips after halftime we pushed it into double figures and never looked back...
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WRV-Lyons tops Linton sixth graders
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
Linton-Stockton Elementary School's sixth-grade girls White basketball team dropped a 28-11 decision at White River Valley-Lyons on Thursday night. Miranda Miller lead Linton with seven points, Megan Barnes added two and Taneal Church also had two...
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Color brochure helps promote Linton, area
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
Promoting one of the best little cities in Indiana ---- Linton ---- has always been a major objective of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce. Now the Chamber is showing the city's, and Greene County's attractions to the world, in a full-color brochure...
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Two auxiliary police offers added to LPD
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
The Linton Police Department has two additional auxiliary officers serving the city. The program was started during the summer with Mike Tatlock and Joshua Goodman being the first officers involved. Now, Blaine Gillan and Michael Morin have joined the ranks of auxiliary officers. They don't get paid for their time, plus they pay for their own uniforms...
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Slover honored for her work
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
"I was shocked." That was the reaction of Cheri Slover, supervisor for the Child Welfare division of the Greene County Office of Family and Children, when she learned she had won a state award for her work with children. Slover won the "Have A Heart" award, given by the Indiana Coalition of Family Based Services, on Nov. 8, 2002. The award was presented to her at an ICFBS conference at the Seasons Lodge and Conference Center in Nashville...
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WRV board gives administrators one-percent raise
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- At the White River Valley Board of School Trustees meeting Thursday night, board members approved a one percent pay increase for administrators by a vote of 5-2. Bruce Porter and Roger Shakamak voted no. Board members also voted 6-1 ---- Porter voted no ---- to add one year to the principals' contracts, which would have ended this year. That includes high school principal Roger Weaver, WRV-Lyons principal Kurt Lentz and WRV-Worthington principal Kevin Keller...
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Woman still dealing with her abortion years later
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
She walked into the sterile room still wondering how this could be happening. She felt in her heart that this was not right. She was 20 years old, unwed and pregnant. It was Dec. 5, 1974, and Linda Grafe was "being herded from one room to another." Her mother had taken her to the hospital in Lansing, Mich., to have an abortion...
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Departure time set for Linton unit
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
The departure ceremony for the 1-152 Infantry First Battalion of the 152nd Infantry Regiment out of the Linton National Guard has been set. "The departure ceremony will be Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon will be there," Lt. Col. Larry Powers of the Indiana National Guard told The Daily Citizen this morning...
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Bloomfield teachers, staff face possible cuts
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
Bloomfield superintendent Ron Hasler knows that hindsight is 20/20. He knows there should have been cuts in the budget made last year, cuts he's going to recommend that the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees make at Thursday's meeting. Thanks to deep cuts from state and county funding, the school is facing a shortfall never experienced by the school...
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Be a Today's Smile, win a free T-shirt
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
How many times have you been featured in Today's Smile, brought to you by Angell's Food Center in Linton? It's been a standard feature on The Daily Citizen's front page for many years. If you've been selected, you usually end up with more than the normal "15 minutes of fame." People remember your picture for a few days...
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Hamilton Center opens office in Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
Hamilton Center has opened a new office in Bloomfield. The office, which is located at 132 E. Main Street, Suite 4, will provide individual and family counseling services for children, adolescents and adults. Initially the office is opened part-time ---- Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A psychologist and three master's level therapists will be providing counseling services...
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Chamber dinner set for Thursday
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
Mark Twain will make a visit to the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce's annual Dinner & Awards Banquet on Thursday at Saron United Church of Christ. We're promising an enjoyable evening for all who attend! With a special performance by Warren Brown, a.k.a. Mark Twain, in "Catch the Twain." "Catch the Twain" fosters and promotes an appreciation for humanity, education, and literacy, in a way that is wonderfully exciting and historically amusing...
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Melvin E. Vest
(Local News ~ 01/17/03)
Melvin E. Vest, 68, of Linton, passed away at 1:07 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, at Lyons Health & Living Center in Lyons. Born Feb. 2, 1934 in Greene County, he was the son of Elbert and Lucille (Birdwell) Vest. He was a self-employed truck driver. He was a veteran of U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War...
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