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Winfield speaks in front of packed house at VU
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
VINCENNES ---- Dave Winfield believes he was destined to play professional baseball and why not? The words win and field conjure up images of the game, then there's the matter of his birth date, Oct. 3, 1951. For baseball historians that's the day Bobby Thomson hit the "shot heard round the world" and the famous call of "The Giants win the pennant, the Giants win the pennant."...
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Cardinals finish third in golf match
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
Bloomfield waited out the storm along with Owen Valley and Edgewood at Rolling Meadows on Thursday. The Patriots, led by Nick Gillaspy's medalist round of 33, nipped Edgewood 149-151. Bloomfield finished well back with a 196. Chip Stapleton led Edgewood with a 36 and Craig Diewert had Bloomfield's top score with a 45...
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Fish doing well as member of Franklin's golf team
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
Linton graduate Tim Fish is enjoying quite a spring for the Franklin College golf team. Fish and several other former athletes from the area are involved in spring sports. The spring golf season started in late March and it didn't take Fish long to earn accolades for his play. He was named Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference player of the week for the first week of April. Fish did so by shooting a medalist round of 73 against the University of Mobile, Ala...
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Lakers 1-2 in SWIAC
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
Shakamak had more errors (four) than hits (three) as the Lady Lakers came up on the short end of a 7-1 score to visiting North Daviess in a South Western Indiana Athletic Conference softball game Thursday. "We hit the ball several times, but right at people," said Shakamak coach Beth Wernz. "But Flinn is a good pitcher...
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Miners shoot 154
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
Led by Drew Dunkerly and Nick Fusco, Linton-Stockton shot 154, which was good enough to pick up two wins at the Phil Harris Golf Course Thursday. Dunkerly and Fusco both shot one-over par 37s on the back nine as the Miners improved to 11-0 in duals and 29-5 overall. Clay City finished with a 170 and North Daviess shot 171...
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Sparks to continue athletic, academic careers at Franklin
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
With an academic scholarship in hand and hopes of eventually going to medical school to become anesthesiologist, Mallory Sparks decided that she wanted to play volleyball close to home. Sparks, who finished with 1,354 assists in less than three seasons as setter on the Linton-Stockton varsity, shunned an offer to play at Division I University of Maryland (Eastern Shore) and will attend Franklin College and play for coach Lori Wilkerson...
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Lakers win No. 9
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
Shakamak need just five innings to finish off Turkey Run 10-0 in a non-conference baseball at Jasonville Thursday. The Lakers, who won for the ninth time in 13 games, scored in each of their four at bats. They capped off the victory with seven runs in the fourth...
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Ruth Evelyn Malone
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
NEWBERRY ---- Ruth Evelyn Malone, 85, of Newberry, passed away at 3:40 a.m., today, May 2, 2003 at her residence. Born Jan. 5, 1918 in Monroe City, she was the daughter of Jess and Rebecca (Cox) Sipes. She was a homemaker, and a member of Newberry Christian Church...
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Elsworth Leroy Stephens
(Local News ~ 05/02/03)
Elsworth Leroy "Bill" Stephens, 85, of Linton, passed away at 1:50 p.m., Thursday, May 1, 2003 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born May 15, 1917 in Robinson, he was the son of Clark Byrl and Viola Gertrude (Huffer) Stephen. He was a carpenter for Rice's Building Supply with 30 years of service retiring in 1982. He was a member of Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church of God in Linton...
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