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Husband, wife to open medical practice
(Local News ~ 08/13/03)
A young husband and wife physician team will open a new medical practice in Bloomfield on Monday. Drs. Chad and Julie Ringley will open Ringley Medical Office at 200 East Main Street, in the office formerly occupied by Dr. Wayne Ham. Dr. Chad Ringley is a surgeon and his wife is a family physician. The couple most recently practiced in Saginaw, Mich...
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Linton's fall athletic teams looking for encore in 2003
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/03)
Linton's fall sports teams had quite a season to remember in 2002. An encore will be a chore, but also a possibility. Nearly every fall athletic team enjoyed a measure of success a year ago. -The volleyball team posted the best record in the program's history, finishing 23-3...
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Lady Cards looking to bounce back
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/03)
Susie Schulte and the Bloomfield volleyball team found out how the other half lives last season and they didn't like it. The Lady Cardinals, following a decade of domination, not just on the local level, but throughout most of Class 1A, suffered through an 11-22 season, thus ending a string of nine consecutive seasons with at least 22 wins and five straight sectional titles...
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Nellie Ruth Stevens
(Obituary ~ 08/13/03)
TALLADEGA, Ala. ---- Nellie Ruth Stevens, 84, of Anniston, Ala., passed away Monday, Aug. 11, 2003 at Regional Medical Center at Anniston, Ala. Born July 26, 1919 in Indiana, she was the daughter of Leonard and Isbelle Chafey. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Otterbein United Methodist Church in Linton and the Order of the Eastern Star...
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Lois Ruth Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 08/13/03)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas ---- Lois Ruth Lawrence, 77, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Aug. 9, 2003 at Isle of Palm Nursing Home in Corpus Christi. She was born Feb. 25, 1926 in Loogootee. She was retired as a school music teacher after 25 years and continued as a choir director for the First Christian Church in Bloomfield...
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William A. Hall
(Obituary ~ 08/13/03)
SPENCER ---- William A. Hall, 79, of Spencer, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003 at his residence. Born Nov. 8, 1923 in Dubois County, he was the son of Sidney and Grace (Qualkinbush) Hall. He was retired from Stewart Warner Works at Sweet Owen Industries...
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Nicol discusses new state map
(Local News ~ 08/13/03)
INDOT Commissioner Bryan Nicol displayed the new Indiana state road map for the members of SIDC at their quarterly meeting Aug. 6. Nicol discussed the significance of the new map because the map allows citizens the opportunity to view upcoming corridor improvements for the state, including the most significant of these improvements, the I-69 corridor from Indianapolis to Evansville...
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WVHS plans fundraiser
(Local News ~ 08/13/03)
It wouldn't be fall in Linton without the annual Wabash Valley Human Services fundraising campaign for the Greene County Isaac K. Beckes Emergency Assistance Fund. Set for this Saturday at the Bloomfield State Bank and McDonald parking lots on State Road 54 on Linton's east side, the fundraiser will kick off at 2 p.m. and end at 8 p.m...
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Swaby enjoys making lures
(Local News ~ 08/13/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- Give Winford Swaby some powered paint, a propane torch, a few silicone strings and some hooks, and he'll turn them into his own brand of fishing lures in his bait shop ---- Frog's Custom Baits. Frog, he explained, "is an old name that's been with me for a long time."...
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Eastern School Board meets
(Local News ~ 08/13/03)
The Eastern Greene School District's school board approved a host of personnel assignments and created two new administrative positions on the eve of the start of the 2003-04 school year last night. The board approved the two reassignments that create a pair of new administrative positions. ...
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Swinney tops Deckard in GOP convention
(Local News ~ 08/13/03)
Republican incumbent Gary Swinney earned re-election to a second term on the Bloomfield Town Council by outpolling his challenger by 15 votes at the Republican Party Town Convention on Tuesday night. Swinney tallied 47 votes compared to 32 for his opponent Gene F. Deckard...
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Sandborn bank robbed
(Local News ~ 08/13/03)
Police are looking for a man who robbed the First Farmers Bank in Sandborn at approximately 11:10 a.m. on Tuesday. According to the Knox County Sheriff's Department, a lone white male entered the bank and presented a note demanding money to a teller. A teller gave the man an unspecified amount of money, and he left...
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Lady Wolverines faced with rebuilding
(High School Sports ~ 08/13/03)
SWITZ CITY-Rebuilding. It's an often used term in sports, but it's also the best word to describe the White River Valley volleyball program. The Lady Wolverines, after three reasonably successful seasons, are starting over after graduating five players, including four starters...
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