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Business is picking up at Winalta USA
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
After a seasonal slump in housing sales this winter, business is picking up for Winalta USA, according to its chairman and chief operating officer, J.D. Sapara. The Canadian-based business, which came to Linton about a year ago, manufactures single-wide trailers as well as modular homes...
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Shakamak shoots 211
(High School Sports ~ 04/25/03)
Sullivan defeated Shakamak 149-211 in a boys golf match at the Sullivan Elks Club Thursday. Justin Ridge was low medalist for the Golden Arrows with a 33. For Shakamak, who dropped to 0-3, Scott Weinzapfel shot a 48. Ty Cooprider and Josh Harris both had 52s, Chris Hubbell fired a 59, Stewe White 66 and Dustin West had an 83...
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Miners break school record
(High School Sports ~ 04/25/03)
Linton-Stockton fired a season-best 142 at Hoosier Hills Thursday, which was good enough to defeat Owen Valley (165) and host Clay City (167) Thursday. The Miners' score also shattered the school record for an away match, beating the 146 that the 2002 team shot at Cascades against Edgewood...
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Irene Louise Rollins
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
Irene Louise Rollins, 77, of Bloomfield, passed away at 2 a.m., Thursday, April 24, 2003 at Millers Merry Manor in Sullivan. Born Nov. 12, 1925 in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Ernest and Gladis (Malone) Thornberry. She was a homemaker. Survivors include, one son, Tom Settles of Bloomfield; one daughter, Bonnie Stowers of Merom; one stepson, Bobby Rollins of Bloomfield; one brother, Edward Thronberry of McEwen, Tenn.; seven children; and six great grandchildren...
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Vernon Lewis Love
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
Vernon Lewis Love, 64, of Linton and formerly of Clay City, passed away Monday, April 21, 2003 at his residence. Born Jan 17, 1939 in Clay County, he was the son of Moses and Helen Dorothy (Partlow) Love. He was an Army veteran. Survivors include, one daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Paul Page of Clay City; one son, Bryan Lutz of Sullivan; 10 grandchildren, Paul and Angel Page, Jennifer Lutz of Sullivan, Desiree and Donelda Sumner, Samuel, Dakota and Cherokee Hyde, and Erica Hyde all of Linton; Cheyenne Riley of Worthington; his companion, Dixie Hyde of Linton; his companion's children, Florence Hyde and her fiancee Jennifer Sumner, John Riley, Brandy Hyde all of Linton; three sisters, Norma Keller of Clay City, Jeannetta Doall of Paris, Tenn., and Bonnie Carey of Paris, Tenn.; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Rex and Shirley Love of Clay City and Ronnie and Mary Love of Terre Haute; several nieces and nephews; and several step children.. ...
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William Floyd Fleming
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
William Floyd Fleming, 84, of Linton, passed away at 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Oct. 5, 1918, in Jamesburg, Ill., he was the son of William Archibald and Ellen S. (Vance) Fleming. He was a member of the Linton First Christian Church and was an Army veteran of World War II receiving the Purple Heart and a Recipient for Meritorious Service in Combat. ...
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Shakamak loses at home
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
Owen Valley defeated Shakamak 104-19 in a high school girls track and field meet at Jasonville Thursday. Senior Kara Cooprider won the 300 meter low hurdles. She was clocked at 57.6 seconds. Cooprider also won the high jump with an effort of five feet, one inch...
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Program results in savings for school
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
A decade-long energy management program in the Bloomfield School District has resulted in a significant cost savings in its first eight years of operation, the school board learned Thursday night. Superintendent Ron Hasler told the board that the energy management program administered through Johnson Controls, Inc. provided the school district with a cost avoidance amounting to $20,375 for the period, May 2002 through Feb. 2003...
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Sewell trial date reset for July 17 in Indianapolis
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
Staff Writer A jury trial for a former Bloomfield postmaster facing 11 felony charges of child exploitation has been reset for July 17 in Marion Superior Court Criminal Division II. Merle Allen Sewell, 64, was arrested in early February at his Bloomfield residence by Indiana State Police and charged with multiple counts of child exploitation following a six-month undercover computer investigation on the Internet...
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Facility still offering services
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
Since Jan. 1, Greene County Hospital Home Health Care has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Greene County General Hospital. Patients have noticed little change in the day-to-day care and service offered by the 18-year-old agency, which serves a five-county service area that includes Greene, Owen, Clay, Sullivan, Knox and Daviess...
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Bloomfield athletes will see fee increase for summer programs
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
In Bloomfield, it will cost more to play this summer. The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees on Thursday night approved increased fees for students to participate in summer boys and girls basketball, volleyball, tennis and Babe Ruth baseball programs...
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Modern Gardener Flower and Patio Show this weekend at Armory
(Local News ~ 04/25/03)
This year's Modern Gardener Flower and Patio Show is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the Linton National Guard Armory, and promises to be bigger and better than ever. The show, in its fourth year, always attracts a good crowd, people who love plants, gardening and everything associated with it. This year, according to show organizer Susie Russell, there are added attractions...
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Linton girls, Eastern boys win
(High School Sports ~ 04/25/03)
Linton-Stockton's girls and Eastern's boys placed first in a triangular track and field meet at North Knox Thursday. Brittney Misner was a double-winner for the Lady Miners, who won with 76 points. North Knox was second with 65 points and Eastern tallied 15...
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