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FEMA looks over damage in county
(Local News ~ 08/04/03)
A representative of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is meeting with Greene County Highway superintendent Mike Hennette today to determine if some local roads, and one bridge damaged by last month's heavy rains, could be eligible for federal assistance...
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Linton police busy over weekend
(High School Sports ~ 08/04/03)
The Linton police were kept busy over the weekend with vandalism cases and domestic disputes. A domestic dispute resulted in the woman being arrested at the Eight Ball Tavern on Saturday. According to Det. Sgt. Duane Collenbaugh's report, Melissa Dunn, 31 of Linton, reported from the tavern that her ex-boyfriend was violating a protective order...
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Area athletes begin practicing
(High School Sports ~ 08/04/03)
The 2003-04 Indiana high school athletic season began in earnest today with the official start of practice for volleyball, cross country, tennis and football. Golf practice began Friday. What kind of fall sports season will it be at Bloomfield? Last year was very good for boys cross country and tennis...
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Dunkerly wins Junior Tour title
(High School Sports ~ 08/04/03)
Linton-Stockton High School golfer Drew Dunkerly capped off a successful summer season with a victory at the Mountain Dew Junior Tour Championship on Friday at Harrison Hills Country Club at Attica. Dunkerly won the 15-16 year-old division with a 2-under-par 70. His score was three better than second-place finisher Bryan Fifer of Floyds Knobs...
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Coral M. Stone
(Obituary ~ 08/04/03)
RIPPLE ---- Coral M. Stone, 98, of Ripple, Ind., passed away at 3:20 p.m., Thursday, July 31, 2003 at Washington Nursing Center in Washington. Born May 19, 1905 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Aldo and Victoria (Mullis) Stone. She was a seamstress for L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis, retired. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church in Indianapolis; Scotland United Methodist Church in Scotland; and White Cross Guild in Indianapolis...
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Eloise C. Jones
(Obituary ~ 08/04/03)
LYONS ---- Eloise C. Jones, 72, of Lyons, passed away at 2:15 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born Jan. 20, 1931 in Greenwood, Miss., she was the daughter of Louis and Elizabeth Ann (Musselwhite) Clutts. She was a retired long distance telephone operator for South Central Bell, now AT&T...
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Roberta L. Jeffers
(Obituary ~ 08/04/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Roberta L. Jeffers, 89, of Bloomfield, passed away at 6:10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Jan. 26, 1914 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Roy and Maud (Thompson) Skomp. She worked at Crane NSWC, Sarkes Tarzian, Bloomfield Nursing Home and took care of sick and elderly people. She was a member of Mount Nebo United Methodist Church...
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Club celebrates National Kids Day
(Local News ~ 08/04/03)
JASONVILLE ---- How many people knew that Sunday was National Kids Day? The GFWC/IFC Wednesday Research Club knew and the club celebrated area youth with a special program Saturday at the Civic Center in Jasonville. As a part of the celebration, two Shakamak students were honored for their "Random Act of Kindness" during the past school year...
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Group to spread word about meth
(Local News ~ 08/04/03)
Wednesday has officially been declared MAD Against Meth Day ---- by proclamation from the Greene County Commissioners. Methamphetamine is a growing criminal problem in Greene and other rural counties in south central Indiana which is filling up the jails and clogging the judicial system with offenders, costing local taxpayers thousands of dollars in housing, medical and legal fees, according to Cam Trampke, coordinator of the grassroots group Greene United Against Meth (GUAM), which is coordinating the effort.. ...
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Children involved with meth cases on the rise
(Local News ~ 08/04/03)
There has been an unsettling increase in the number of methamphetamine labs discovered with children in the area where the dangerous drug is being manufactured. One case involved a 10-year-old boy at home alone with a meth lab cooking in the next room. The most recent was the presence of a three-month-old baby at a meth lab...
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Bisbee takes new job in Indianapolis
(Local News ~ 08/04/03)
Calling it an excellent career move, the former director of the Greene County office of Family and Social Services Administration begins a new job today with the agency's headquarters in Indianapolis. Jane Bisbee, who has headed the Greene County FSSA office for the last nine years, begins her duties as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Family Protection and Preservation. ...
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Sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 08/04/03)
Hole-in-ones Dr. Paul Esguerra and Ron Hamilton both recorded their first hole-in-ones recently on No. 14 at Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton, according to club pro Bart Beard. WRV cross All boys and girls in grades 9-12 interested in running cross country for White River Valley High School should report to the school at 5:30 p.m. today...
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