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Troops to be home by Easter
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Late Friday morning family members of the 181st Fighter Wing learned that their loved ones wouldn't be home Friday night as planned. "We hope to have everyone home by Easter," Capt. John Puckett said from Terre Haute on Sunday afternoon. The problem began with normal complications of scheduling airlift for the troops from Turkey where they have been stationed since January...
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William C. "Bill" Oliphant
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- William C. "Bill" Oliphant, 47, of Bloomfield, passed away at 1:13 p.m., Sunday, April 13, 2003 at Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton. Born April 16, 1955 in Linton, he was the son of Elmer Van and Marquita (Fox) Oliphant. He worked at Bloomfield True Value Hardware Store, and was a member of the Sons of the American Legion (SAL)...
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Bernice Hughes
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Bernice Hughes, 87, of Linton and formerly of the Fort Ritner area of Lawrence County, passed away at 6:15 p.m. Sunday, April 13, 2003, at Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home in Bedford.
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Union opens season with win over B-R
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Union (Dugger) pounded out 10 hits and rode the one-hit pitching of Jenna Laxton to a 10-0 victory over Barr-Reeve in a non-conference softball game at Montgomery Friday. Senior catcher Alina Secrest paced the offense with three hits in five at bats, including a triple. Laxton helped her own cause by going 2-for-4 with one RBI and three stolen bases...
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Miners placed fourth in Northview Invitational
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Linton-Stockton shot 311, where earned them a fourth-place finish at the Northview boys golf invitational Saturday at Forest Park in Brazil. "I was really pleased with the way we played," said Linton-Stockton coach Darren Clayton. "That is the best score we've ever shot in that tournament."...
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Miners edge Eastern
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Linton-Stockton scored seven runs in the fifth inning and then added the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to edge visiting Eastern 9-8 in a South Western Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game at Roy Herndon Field Saturday. "I am going to start calling these guys the 'Cardiac Kids,'" said Linton-Stockton coach Bart Berns. "Games like these are not easy on this old man...
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Lakers win one of three
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Shakamak only managed two hits as they lost a doubleheader at Casey, Ill. Friday night. The host Lady Warriors had 10 hits in each game as they won both 8-0. Erika Elkins tossed a one-hitter in game won while Whitney Matthews did likewise in the nightcap...
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Linton tops Eminence in softball doubleheader
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Linton-Stockton evened its record in the Tri-River Conference with a 5-0 victory over visiting Eminence Saturday. In the second game of the twin bill, the Lady Miners defeated the Lady Eels 15-3 in five innings. The two victories lifted the Lady Miners' record to 5-4 overall, 1-1 in the TRC as the first game counted in the conference standings...
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McKinney pleased with his players
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Despite finishing fourth out of four teams at the Brown County Invitational, Linton-Stockton girls tennis coach Brad McKinney was pleased. Owen Valley won the tournament with 15 points, Brown County had nine points, Edgewood was third with four points and the Lady Miners tallied three points...
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Eastern Fire Department celebrates 40th anniversary
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
SOLSBERRY ---- Sunday afternoon was a time to reminisce, exchange stories and stroll down memory lane for members of the Eastern Fire Department during an open house commemorating 40 years of service to the citizens living in the rural community of Solsberry and Beech Creek Township...
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Greene County General Hospital board meets
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
The Worthington Rural Health Clinic will remain open and be served by a medical doctor or a nurse practitioner five-days-a-week, the Greene County General Hospital Board of Trustees announced Friday night. Starting this week, Drs. Brian and Krista Cox, who operate a clinic in Linton, have agree to staff the clinic on Tuesdays and Thursdays while nurse practitioner Gary Schepper will be available at the clinic four days weekly...
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Community shows its support for troops
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
More than 125 individuals from the Bloomfield-area community turned out for an hour-long "Support Our Troops Rally" Saturday evening on the Greene County Courthouse square. The crowd of vocal supporters sang, shouted, chanted, held hands, prayed and heard encouraging remarks related to the U.S.' war effort in Iraq...
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Linton Triad celebrates 75th anniversary
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Seventy-two women spent Saturday afternoon reminiscing, enjoying a walk down memory lane and a luncheon together. The occasion was the 75th anniversary of Linton's Alpha Chapter of Triad. During the program, at Saron United Church of Christ in Linton, a fashion show was presented featuring a few of the many costumes worn in various productions staged by Triad over the years. Sara Bellamy was the moderator for the show...
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Scotland class of 1943 has seen a lot
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Ralph Baker was the most popular boy in the old Scotland High School class of 1943. There was good reason. He was the only boy in the class of nine students. Friday, seven members of the class met at Good Times Restaurant near Bloomfield for a 60th anniversary luncheon gathering...
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Operation Pride Day a success
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
In anticipation of Operation Pride Day, Linton residents cleaned garages, basements and yards, lining city streets with mounds of trash. By Saturday evening, a mound of about 1,000 old tires and at least 2,000 cubic yards of trash, including countless appliances, had been deposited at the City Barn...
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Traffic stop results in meth bust
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
LINTON ---- Linton Officer Gary Tannehill was on routine patrol at 12:22 this morning when he got behind a vehicle that he could not visibly see the license plate. He also noticed that the driver, Christina M. Collins, 24 of Jasonville, was someone he knew had a suspended driver's license...
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Looks back
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
LINTON AREA, 50 YEARS AGO,1953 A total of $19,457.96 has been donated to date in the fund-raising campaign of the Freeman-Greene County Hospital. Results of matches conducted in the Linton Elks bowling league were reported. Scores included: Fells - Donie 578, Cullison 420, Harting 463, Noel 522, Vandeventer 473. Won 1, lost 2. Maumee - Clark 522, Ferry 528, Fitzpatrick 439, Riley 445, Wall 520...
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Evelyn M. Baize
(Local News ~ 04/14/03)
Evelyn M. Baize, 83, of Linton passed away at 9:55 a.m. Saturday, April 12, 2003, at Walnut Creek at Linton. Born March 18, 1920, in Antioch, she was the daughter of DeLano and Edna Eunice (McBride) Bledsoe. She was a homemaker, formerly worked at H&R Block. She was a member of the Linton Church of Christ...
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