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Band to reunite for Linton class reunion
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
If you remember Elvis, sock hops and the Teen Canteen in Linton, you probably remember a local rock 'n roll band that played in the 1960s called the Chan Tellz. They're baaaaack. A little older, a bit grayer, perhaps ---- but very ready, willing and able to knock out some classic rock 'n roll songs like 16 Candles, Oh Donna, Louie Louie and Wooly Bully...
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Lorene (Salzman) Kirk Riggs
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
LYONS ---- Lorene (Salzman) Kirk Riggs, 97, of Lyons, passed away at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born Aug. 28, 1905 in Greene County, she was the daughter of John William and Lena (Wines) Salzman. She was an LPN for D.O. Archie Collins in Lyons and a homemaker. She was a member of Bloomfield First Christian Church...
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Edna Margaret Laymon
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
CROTHERSVILLE ---- Edna Margaret Laymon, 79, Crothersville, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at her caregiver's residence. Born July 25, 1923 at Neoga, Ill., she was the daughter of John and Gertie (Burton) Curry. She retired in 1985 from U.S. Shoe in Osgood, also worked for Crothersville U.S. Shoes for 20 years. She attended Grace Church in Linton...
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Fireworks set for Friday in Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
The skies over Bloomfield will be aglow with fireworks and music will permeate the air Friday night, as a long-standing Fourth of July holiday tradition will be staged. The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Fourth of July extravaganza at the baseball field, near the Bloomfield Town Park starting at 6 p.m. Local music group "Silverado" will provide entertainment on a stage constructed in the leftfield area of the ball park until about 8:30 p.m...
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Golf carts aren't allowed in Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
The Bloomfield Town Council made it clear Wednesday night that golf carts are not allowed to operate on town streets, roads or sidewalks and there is no inclination that this view will be changed anytime in the near future. Publicly responding to a letter to the editor published in Wednesday's edition of The Evening World and Linton Daily Citizen, the council went on record to "dispute the facts" presented in the letter from S.R. Pegg of Bloomfield...
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Airport Days set for Saturday at Shawnee Field
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
A 20-plus year tradition will be renewed Saturday with the annual staging of Airport Days at Shawnee Field. Activities will be from about 6:30 a.m. until dusk, according to Bob Warnick of Bloomfield a board member for Shawnee Field, Inc., which has operated the public airport since 1970...
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YMCA concerned about Bloomfield pool
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
Following concerns raised by officials with the Eastern Greene YMCA about the handicapped accessibility of the Bloomfield Pool, the town council took action at Wednesday night's regular monthly meeting to remedy the most substantial complaints as soon as possible...
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Linton pool manager, assistants working hard on improvements
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
"This is a community pool and we want the community involved." That's a goal that A.M. Risher pool manager Barbara Gennicks and her staff set at the beginning of the season. Gennicks and her three assistant managers, Dena Irwin, Jill Bohnert and Renee Sears are proud of the improvements done to the pool. The exterior of the pool has been painted, as well as the inside. The lifeguards have professional suits and all employees have matching T-shirts to identify them...
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Greene County unemployment rate drops
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
The Greene County jobless rate and state ranking improved from April to May, according to monthly figures released today by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. For May ---- the most recent reporting period ---- the county sported a 7.7 percent unemployment rate and ranked eighth highest among the state's 92 counties. That's compared with a 8.2 percent rate and sixth-place ranking in April...
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Daniels to make campaign stop in Greene County
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
Indiana Republican candidate for governor Mitch Daniels will make a campaign stop in eastern Greene County on July 11 at Rosie's Diner in Hendricksville. Daniels, who resigned last month as budget director for the Bush Administration, will conduct a 7:45 a.m. breakfast meeting at the poplar eatery...
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Councilman agitated by questions
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
Bloomfield Town Councilman Russell Basye became agitated Wednesday night when a resident, who had originally filed to challenge him in the coming General Election, asked several "pointed" questions during the town council meeting. Debbie Skinner told the council that she was asking the questions on behalf of another resident, Roger Stalcup, who was not able to attend the council meeting...
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Tax assessment to be completed soon
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
BLOOMFIELD ----Greene County assessor Nancy Snellenberger and her staff have been working to complete the tax assessment process ---- and hope it will be completed next month. At the county commissioners meeting Tuesday, Snellenberger asked commissioners Tom Britton, Bart Beard and Warren Bartlett to consider contracts submitted to her by two companies for work to be done on the tax assessment process...
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Michael Van O'Neall
(Local News ~ 07/03/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Michael Van O'Neall, 21, of Bloomfield, passed away at 6:45 p.m., Monday, June 30, 2003 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Sept. 18, 1981 in Bloomington, he was the son of Robert K. and Susan B. (Lents) O'Neall. He did body work for Feltner and Warnick Body Shops in Bloomfield, and was a member of Bloomfield First Christian Church...
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