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Musselman enjoys working at State Fair
(Local News ~ 08/18/03)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- The curtain dropped Sunday night on the 2003 Indiana State Fair. A spectacular fireworks "Last Blast" display and music by "Sha Na Na" filled the air above the main grandstand as a final salute to the 12-day event that set records for attendance...
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Ivey seeks to turn around Eastern spikers
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/03)
EASTERN HEIGHTS-Stacy Ivey doesn't see any reason why Eastern can't win in volleyball. Ivey, who used to be Stacy Drake, is Eastern's new coach. She's a former T-Bird athlete who starred in both volleyball and basketball and was part of a sectional championship team in volleyball...
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Scrimmage gives Eastern first taste of varsity football
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/03)
BLOOMINGTON-Eastern ushered in football with a scrimmage game against visiting Charlestown at Olcott Field in Bloomington on Friday. The T-Birds had their moments against the Pirates, but the film will also show they have much to work on, something the coaching will glean from this week...
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Miners look good in preseason scrimmage
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/03)
CLOVERDALE ---- Often coaches don't focus or a play or two, especially during a preseason scrimmage. But such was not the case with Linton-Stockton football coach Steve Weber, who was excited about his Miner defense, which allowed just 41 yards on the 27 scheduled play by the Cloverdale varsity offense here Friday night...
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Mary Jane Stephens
(Obituary ~ 08/18/03)
DUGGER ---- Mary Jane Stephens, 56, of Dugger and formerly of Linton, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003 at her residence. Graveside services will be Tuesday at Dugger Cemetery with the Rev. Hillary Vieck officiating. Friends and relatives are welcome to attend...
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Dora Jean (Lovelace) Lester
(Obituary ~ 08/18/03)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- Dora Jean (Lovelace) Lester, 81, of Indianapolis, passed away Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 in Indianapolis. Born Jan. 17, 1922 in Dugger, she was the daughter of Herman and Eunice Lovelace. She worked in the catalog department for Sears and Roebuck & Co. for 20 years, retiring in 1987...
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Claire B. Campbell
(Obituary ~ 08/18/03)
DUGGER ---- Claire B. Campbell, 87, of Dugger, passed away at 6:40 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 at her residence. Born Nov. 25, 1915 in Sparta, Ill., she was the daughter of Phillip and Margaret Bach Rogers. She was a director of Epsilon Sigma Alpha in Loveland, Colo...
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Final touches being put on Scotland Festival
(Local News ~ 08/18/03)
SCOTLAND ---- The tiny Greene County town of Scotland will be bustling with plenty of activity and visitors next month. The Scotland Festival Committee is finalizing plans for its 39th annual event slated for Sept. 20 Earlier in the year there had been some question about whether the festival would continue. After a successful public appeal for more help, the committee decided to continue with the festival with some minor changes, according to committee secretary/treasurer Tonjua Toon...
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Local volunteers help at State Fair
(Local News ~ 08/18/03)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- The Indiana State Fair is conducted every year with a vast army of paid employees and a bigger number of volunteers. Timi Jo Jordan, a Bloomfield High graduate, who'll be a third-year student at Purdue University this fall, worked full-time at the fair. She plans to study agriculture communication and her job as assistant director of the Little Hands on the Farm exhibit, presented by Marsh Kid's Club, provided her with good experience...
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Jasonville to get cable TV channel
(Local News ~ 08/18/03)
Soon channel surfers in the Jasonville area will notice something new. Within the next 30 days, communities on Cablevision Communications system will be able to tune into Channel 49 for information about community activities. Although the channel will have printed text only to begin with, city officials hope to expand to include limited live video or videotape in the future...
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Newberry man hurt in bulldozer accident
(Local News ~ 08/18/03)
A Newberry man was trapped under a bulldozer near Medora in Jackson County for more than two hours Thursday morning. Christopher Henry, 25, suffered a broken leg and a hand laceration. He was transported by Stat Care helicopter to University of Louisville Hospital in Kentucky. He had surgery to place a rod in his leg...
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Black Creek Festival scheduled for this weekend
(Local News ~ 08/18/03)
The town of Sandborn, in northern Knox County, is gearing up for its annual Black Creek Festival, set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22, 23 and 24. Sponsored by the Sandborn Lions Club and with help from several residents, the festival draws hundreds of people to town each year...
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Worthington yard sales will be Aug. 30
(Local News ~ 08/18/03)
Hold on to your hats, yard-salers, the best town-wide yard sale in this area is coming up Saturday, Aug. 30 in Worthington. This is a good one. Martha Smith, a member of the Worthington-Jefferson Ruritan Club that organizes the community yard sales, said there will be at least 100 yard sales that day, plus food booths, produce stands and much more...
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County gets payment from sale of trees at Crane
(Local News ~ 08/18/03)
Profits from trees harvested at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division was presented to auditors from three area counties on Thursday. Greene County's share of the timber profit pool was $20,100. All totaled Crane presented checks totaling $396,444 ---- of which $375,000 went to Martin County where the majority of the 51,520 acres of publicly owned hardwood forest is located. Lawrence County received $1,000...
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UHS moving forward after dream season
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/03)
DUGGER ---- Tammy Meurer isn't focusing on the past, which included an undefeated regular season and the school's first sectional championship in 2002, but moving forward as she begins her 15th season as volleyball coach at Union (Dugger) High School...
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