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Spencer woman dies in car wreck
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
WORTHINGTON ---- A Spencer woman died of injuries sustained in a Sunday afternoon two-vehicle, head-on crash on State Road 157 north of Worthington. Kathy Corn, 34, died at Greene County General Hospital in Linton, following the 4 p.m. crash at Calvert Curve, located near the intersection with County Road 850 North in Jefferson Township, according to a report filed by Indiana State Police Master Trooper Harry Bedwell...
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WRV tops Union in baseball
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
White River Valley's baseball team ended a long losing streak on Saturday by defeating Union 13-10 in the consolation game of the Clay City Tournament. WRV (3-11) lost to Clay City 6-5 in the first round. North central, which scraped by Union 3-2 in the other first round game, beat Clay City 13-8 in the title game...
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Miners dominate for SWIAC golf title
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
From hole number one to the 18th hole there was plenty of excitement, not to mention quality golf, at Linton's Phil Harris Course on saturday at the SWIAC golf tournament. The one constant was Linton winning the event for the fifth consecutive year...
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Union wins three games; take first at invitational
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
Union (Dugger) defeated Clay City twice, the first game counting in the conference standings, and the second came at Clay City as the Lady Bulldogs completed a 3-0 weekend, winning the Clay City softball invitational. Union (Dugger), who now stands at 16-1 overall and 6-1 in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference standings, opened the weekend with a 9-3 victory at home over the Lady Eels on Friday...
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Linton wins No. 7
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
Linton-Stockton scored at least two runs in every inning, including 11 in the second, as the Lady Miners defeated White River Valley 28-0 in a South Western Indiana Athletic Conference softball game Friday at Switz City. Jamie Abbott and Randi George combined to throw a two-hitter for the Lady Miners (7-12). Both had two strikeouts...
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Linton girls win SWIAC track title
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
It would be easy to say that Linton-Stockton won their sixth consecutive South Western Indiana Athletic Conference girls track and field championship at the friendly confines of Roy Williams Field Friday night, amassing 174 points. But it was better defined watching seniors Breck Robinson, Betsy Evans, Brittney Misner, Kristen Cox and Ashley Pafford lead the Lady Miners on a victory lap at the facility they have owned for the past four seasons, with a drenched coach Jeff Franklin trailing his troops, displaying none of the form that made him a standout distance runner for Linton in the mid-80s.. ...
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John W. Smith
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
DUGGER ---- John W. Smith, 69, of Dugger, passed away at 1:40 p.m. Friday, May 16, 2003, at his residence. Born Dec. 6, 1933 in Sullivan County, he was the son of David A. and Willana (Holtsclaw) Smith. He was retired from Prairie Farms Dairy. He attended the Whosoever Will Church in Dugger, and was a member of Dugger Masonic Lodge 721. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
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Geneva Kay (Vandeventer) Gilbert
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
WORTHINGTON ---- Geneva Kay (Vandeventer) Gilbert, passed away at 11:15 a.m., Friday, May 16, 2003 in Ellettsville. Born Nov. 19, 1938 in Solsberry, she is the daughter of Floyd and Ruby Fern (Wells) Vandeventer. She was an assembly line worker for General Electric in Bloomington and a caregiver for the elderly in the local area. She was a member of the Worthington Assembly of God Church...
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Ara Lou Hardisty
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Ara Lou Hardisty, 81, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9:40 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 2003, at Bloomington Hospital. Born May 15, 1922, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of Hiram and Daisy (Weimer) Hill. She was a retired assembly worker for Cook Inc., and was a member of Little Cincinnati Christian Church...
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North Daviess wins SWIAC tennis title
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
Bloomfield's three-year stranglehold on the SWIAC Tennis Tournament came to a close on Saturday at White River Valley, but the Cards' hands had to be pried from their rackets before they would let go. Had the tournament been seeded, Bloomfield would have been the third seed behind North Daviess and WRV. The Cards, just 3-10 with a six-match losing streak coming in, had a shot at the title until the very last match on a gray and drizzly day...
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Brown County shuts out Eastern in softball
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
Eastern's softball team, after climbing above the .500 mark, suffered its second straight shutout when its lost 6-0 to Brown County on Friday. Both teams only had three hits, but Eastern (8-9) made the only four errors of the game. The Lady T-Birds lost to Brown County earlier this season in the championship game of the Brown County Invitational...
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Linton man faces meth charges
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
A Linton man was arrested on felony drug charges following a traffic stop on Linton's west side early this morning. Scott Alan Russell, 26, was arrested at 6 a.m. by Linton Police officer Josh Goodman, assisted by officer Karl Jacobshagen, after Russell was stopped on Price Road at the intersection of 15th St. NW...
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Koleen man in jail for April 30 incident
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
The Bloomfield Police Department made an arrest Sunday afternoon in connection with a brazen residential entry case in which a woman came home and found a man inside her house on April 30. Cody Waldrip, 18, of Koleen, was arrested at 3:30 p.m. by officer Tom Colvin on a warrant charging him with burglary and attempted theft. This morning, he remains incarcerated in the Greene County jail. Bond was set at $19,000...
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Rain doesn't slow Relay for Life
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
SWITZ CITY -- A cool, light misty rain didn't dampen the spirits of a group of 40 cancer survivors and other participants in Saturday's eighth annual Greene County Relay for Life staged at White River Valley High School. The event easily surpassed its $40,000 goal ---- raising a total of $43,834 ---- which does not include money from the silent auction and raffles held at Saturday's event...
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Lyons man arrested for meth
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
LYONS ---- A Lyons man was arrested early this morning and charged with manufacturing methamphetamine. Michael Raper, 41, was arrested at 3 a.m. by Greene County Sheriff's Department reserve deputy Jeffrey Payton on a preliminary charge of manufacturing methamphetamine, a class C felony...
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Charges expected to be filed against Huck's employee
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
Bloomfield police expect criminal charges to be filed today against an employee of Huck's Store, who allegedly defrauded the convenience store out of $2,300 in a credit card scam. Town marshal Terry Wade said his department plans to file eight class D felony counts of fraud today with the Greene County Prosecutor's office against Cynthia Carson, no age given, of Bloomfield...
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North Daviess tops Bloomfield's softball team
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
Bloomfield's softball team collected only two hits against North Daviess, which features one of the best pitching staffs in the SWIAC,and lost to the Lady Cougars 6-2 on Friday. Bloomfield (5-9) trailedf 6-0 after five innings, but finally pushed across two runs in the sixth inning to knock North Daviess starter Rachel Flinn out of the game...
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Area athletes going on to college
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
With high school graduations in the area just a few days away, the 2002-03 SWIAC sports season is going to go down as outstanding in terms of how many conference athletes are going to get the chance to play college athletics. At least 17 area athletes are going to get that chance in one form or another and more may get the chance before next fall...
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OV edges Bloomfield in baseball
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
Bloomfield's baseball team nearly used its entire pitching staff against Owen Valley, yet lost to the Patriots 11-8 on Friday. The Cards (6-13) took an 8-5 lead into the seventh inning at Cardinal Field, but the Patriots rallied for six runs. "We had them and couldn't hold it. It was a tough one to lose and we've had a few of those," Bloomfield coach David Dean said...
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Ester Lucus
(Local News ~ 05/19/03)
Ester Lucus, 92 of Linton, passed away at 3 a.m., Saturday, May 17, 2003 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Sept. 5, 1910 in Marco, she was the daughter of John C. and Eva (Baker) Lucus. She worked with the United Way of Central Indiana in the accounting department for 18 years retiring in 1975. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Linton; Ladies Civitan Club; and Bykota Sunday School Class at the First Baptist Church...
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