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Soldiers expected home this morning
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Over 100 members of the 181st Fighter Wing were expected to arrive at the Indianapolis International Airport early this morning The Indiana Air National Guard's 181st Fighter Wing, located at Terre Haute International Airport-Hulman Field, welcomed home about 100 of its members from their January deployment to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey...
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Linton rallies to top Eastern in softball
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Linton's softball team rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh inning to post a 4-3 SWIAC victory over host Bloomfield on Tuesday. While the victory moved Linton above the .500 mark (6-5) and evened their conference record at 1-1, a pattern of close losses has developed for the Lady Cardinals. Bloomfield, involved in so many one-run games last season, many of which didn't go their way, dropped their second one-run contest of the young season...
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Linton extends baseball streak
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Linton-Stockton extended its winning streak to five games with a 13-3 victory over visiting Union (Dugger) Tuesday night. The Miners (5-3 overall, 2-0 in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference and 1-0 in the Tri-River Conference) came up with eight hits...
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North Daviess tops Bloomfield in tennis
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
A wicked wind didn't blow in Bloomfield's favor at North Daviess on Tuesday in a matchup of SWIAC tennis foes. The host Cougars fared better against the wind than the Cardinals, winning 4-1 to remain unbeaten in three matches this season. Bloomfield is 1-1...
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North tops Eastern in baseball
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Bloomington North's Nick Chesser tossed six innings of two-hit baseball on Tuesday to lead the Cougars past Eastern 7-0. Chesser didn't walk anyone and stuck out 10 T-Birds. Eastern fanned three more times in the seventh inning. North got all the runs they needed by crossing the plate six times in the second inning...
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Sullivan routs Bloomfield in baseball
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Sullivan's Larry Swain surrendered a two-run homer to Bloomfield's Chad Rusher in the first inning, then shut down the Cardinals the rest of the way in the Golden Arrows' 15-2 triumph on Tuesday. Swain finished with a three-hitter to help Sullivan bounce back from last week's loss to Linton. The setback ended a three-game winning streak for the Cardinals (3-5)...
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Nikki Frye signs with VU
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
DUGGER ---- Nikki Frye wasn't sure if she wanted to continue her athletic career, after playing four years of volleyball at Union (Dugger). But when she made up her mind, Vincennes University Junior College volleyball coach Tina Miller had a scholarship to offer...
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Shakamak golf preview
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
2003 Shakamak Boys Golf Roster Steven White Jr. Shakamak Golf 2003 Schedule Date Opponent Time Site May 20 Eastern 4:30 p.m. HidH May 21 Union 4:30 p.m. PHar May 26 Vincennes Rivet 4:30 p.m. PHar May 28 Wash Cath 4:30 p.m. CoOa...
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James Aliano
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- James Aliano, 71, of Bloomfield, passed away at 3:33 p.m. Monday, April 14, 2003, at Bloomington Hospital. Born Jan. 22, 1932, in Mitchell, he was the son of James and Mary Ann (Kirk) Aliano, Sr. He was retired as a supervisor, working at several local limestone quarries. ...
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Jerry Ritchie Chubb
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
WARSAW ---- Jerry Ritchie Chubb, 64, of Warsaw and formerly of Sullivan, passed away at 8 a.m. Monday, April 14, 2003, at Kosciuskco Community Hospital in Warsaw. Born Dec. 1, 1938, in Sullivan, he was the son of Roy and Nellie (Ritchie) Chubb. He was a math and computer teacher at Warsaw High School from 1970-89. ...
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Lakers hold on for fourth victory
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Shakamak made four first-inning runs stand up as the host Lady Lakers held off Washington for a 4-3 victory at Jasonville Tuesday night. "There was some trepidation as they scored three in the sixth and had the bases loaded," said Shakamak softball coach Beth Wernz. "They crawled back into the game, but the girls hung on and we survived...
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Union places fourth
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
With no golfer shooting lower than 48, Union (Dugger) placed fourth out of four teams in a match at the Sullivan Elks Club Tuesday. Sullivan, led by medalist Brock Landis, who had a 34, shot 147. Owen Valley was second at 167, North Central had 177 and Union (Dugger) fired a 250...
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Lakers beat Warriors
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Shakamak pounded out 10 hits, including four home runs and one double, as the Lakers defeated host North Knox 12-5 Tuesday night. Josh Netherlain was 3-for-4 with two home runs for the winners, who improved to 3-2. Netherlain hit a solo shot as part of a three-run SHS third inning. Netherlain, who did not play last season, added a two-run homer, accounting for the Lakers final two runs in the seventh...
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Commissioners want answers about courthouse
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County Commissioners want answers on why a stalled courthouse renovation project isn't moving forward, and who will ultimately be responsible for the extra costs. The $10.5 million project has been stalled for months after the building's foundation shifted, causing cracks to appear in its south and east walls on Jan. ...
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Hill faces charges
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
A Jasonville man is facing charges of battery resulting in bodily injury and resisting law enforcement after police were called to a rural Jasonville home. David C. Hill, 50, was charged in Greene Superior Court on Monday after the weekend incident...
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Lyons Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
LYONS ---- In answer to questions regarding a future water project in Lyons, councilman Mike Schantz explained Tuesday evening that if the Lyons Town Council approves the study and the project goes into planning stages, it would still take three or four years to get it financed...
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Road work expected to take 40 days
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
As you are sitting in traffic on State Road 54, you may be wondering just what in the world is going on. The Indiana Department of Transportation is currently working on a resurfacing project on State Road 54. The project involves repaving from 12th Street in Linton to State Road 67 at Switz City...
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Rural Bloomfield couple writes over $10,000 in bad checks
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Police are looking for a rural Bloomfield couple who have written over $10,000 in bad checks on a fraudulent account at People's Trust Company. Jackie L. Rose, 18 and Jeffrey Thomas, 41, are being charged with fraud on a financial institution after Linton Lt. Det. Troy Jerrell was asked to look into a check deception case by People's Trust Bank in Bloomfield...
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Greene County Commissioners meet
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to handle the sale of properties that have been put through tax sales, due to non-payment of property taxes, but didn't sell. Previously, SRI of Indianapolis has handled such sales for the county...
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Trial date pushed back for Meek
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
The trial of a Bloomfield man charged with setting the fire that destroyed the Heaton Bowling and Recreation Center has been continued until Sept. 23. William G. Meek, Jr., 36, is facing charges of arson, class B felony; burglary, class C felony and theft, a class D felony...
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Jasonville Spring Clean-up goes well
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
JASONVILLE ---- Another Spring Clean-Up has come to an end in Jasonville. And this time, 29 tons of trash were removed in the two-and-half day project. Jasonville has a Fall Clean-Up and Spring Clean Up each year, and last week's event cost the city $1,665.16...
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Union still undefeated
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Union (Dugger) remained perfect after a 9-0 blanking of visiting Sullivan in a non-conference softball game at Dugger Tuesday night. The Lady Bulldogs, who won for the third time in as many outings, outhit the Lady Arrows 8-1. Stacey Secrest and winning pitcher Jenna Laxton both had two hits and scored one run. Secrest stole one base, one of 13 by the Lady Bulldogs...
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Norma J. Brown
(Local News ~ 04/16/03)
Norma J. Brown, 79, of Linton, passed away at 12:22 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at Bloomington Hospital. Born June 14, 1923, in Linton, she was the daughter of Kenneth and Alma (Lynch) Russell. She was a retired beautician, working several years at Dorothy's Beauty Lounge. She was a co-owner of Dutchman's Drive-In Restaurant during the 1950s and 1960s. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary; VFW Ladies Auxiliary; and the Women of the Moose, all of Linton...
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