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Habitat interviews candidates for home
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
The selection committee for Greene County Habitat for Humanity met Wednesday evening with applicants who are applying for one of the Frank Miller Project Habitat Homes being built in Linton. Miller was active in HH and was chairperson for the first Habitat fundraising committee...
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Robert Lester Salter
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
JASONVILLE ---- Robert Lester Salter, 86, of Jasonville, passed away at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Jan. 8, 1917, in Clay County, he was the son of Denver and Rita (Huffman) Salter. He retired from Peabody Coal Company and owned and operated a construction company. He was a member of the Bloomfield Trinty Baptist Church; F&AM 530 in Jasonville; and the Scottish Rite of Evansville...
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Russel Merril Coker
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Russel Merril Coker, 49, of Bloomfield, passed away at 2 a.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at his residence. Born April 12, 1954, in Linton, he was the son of Lester and Leatrice (Rollins) Coker. He was an electrician for Black Beauty Coal Mine. He was a member of Switz City Christian Church, Bloomfield Sons of the American Legion, and he was a pilot...
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Marcia Minks
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. ---- Marcia Minks, 65, of Panama City, Fla., passed away Sunday, June 8, 2003. She was a retired school secretary. She has been a resident of Panama City since 1996, moving from Indiana. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Mellissa and Will; son and daughter-in-law, Greg and Karen Minks of Tennessee; five grandchildren, Adam Elder, Cortney Elder, Jacob Minks, Caitlin Minks and Sumantha Minks; sister, Eugenia Smith; and two brothers, Terry McIntyre and Ted McIntyre...
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Area sports briefs
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
American Legion 9-4 American Legion won for the fourth time in the past five games as they defeated People's Trust 9-3. Zack Lyday fanned 11 in four innings to earn the victory. He allowed two unearned runs and two hits. Kyler Fulford (two strikeouts) and Chase Padgett (three strikeouts) combined to throw the final two innings...
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Another look at the baseball postseason
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
EDINBURGH ---- People can complain all they want about Edinburgh not having lights, but nobody can gripe about the effort that athletic director Tom Derrico and his staff put together during the baseball regional. Derrico said they put in 14 hours on Friday, Saturday and Monday, to prepare the field...
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Granddaughter keeps Powers tradition alive
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
A family tradition was carried on when Eva-Marie (E're) Powers graduated from the Indiana University School of Dentistry in May. It was 75 years earlier that her grandfather, Russell Powers, had received his degree from the same school. Now her grandfather is being recognized for his many years of dedication to the dental health of the residents of Greene County. He was recently named as a Distinguished Alumnus at the Indiana University School of Dentistry...
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Gallagher gets 30-year sentence
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
Cecil Gallagher will be spending 30 years in prison for the murder of Paula Pauling of Jasonville. Gallagher was in the Greene Superior Court this morning for his sentencing hearing. He had plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter May 20 as a part of a negotiated plea agreement...
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4-H Fair right around the corner
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
The official dawning of a new summer season comes this weekend, and it's also the time to start serious preparation for the upcoming annual Greene County 4-H and Open Class Fair set to kick off officially July 12. But really, the fair for many exhibitors and contestants will soon be under way ---- long before the "check-in" day...
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Vena I.O. Minett
(Local News ~ 06/19/03)
BLOOMINGTON ---- Vena I.O. Minett, 94, of Bloomington, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at Hospitality House in Bloomington. Born Dec. 4, 1908, in Lyons, she was the daughter of Ernest and Lustie (Workman) Spear. She was a retired employee of Bank One of Bloomington and previously worked for the former Breeden Department Store. ...
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