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Council cuts $271,327 from budget on Day 1
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
The opening day of the Greene County Council budget hearings ended Tuesday afternoon with $271,327 trimmed from the proposed 2004 budgets ---- that's less than a third of the anticipated cuts that need to be made before the hearings end Thursday. The council had warned in advance that this would be a year of deep budget cuts and few budgets would escape some adjustments. ...
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Bloomfield NJROTC to conduct fundraisers
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
Members of the Bloomfield High School Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program are asking the community to answer a call for help. During the next week, NJROTC members will be selling various items to help finance trips to several locations, one of which is a week-long stay aboard a Naval Air Station in Key West, Fla. ...
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Gary Ronald Scholl
(Obituary ~ 09/03/03)
Gary Ronald Scholl, 62, of Linton, passed away at 12:48 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Jan. 7, 1941 in Jasonville, he was the son of Melvin and Berniece (Hill) Scholl. He was employed at the University of Texas-El Paso, and a member of the Texas State Guard. He was also an ordained Baptist Minister, a graduate of Bible Baptist Seminary of Arlington, Texas; a member of the Civitan Club of Linton; and the Sunshine Volunteers of Glenburn; Disabled American Veterans...
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No. 10 Linton 2-0 in both conferences
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/03)
Linton-Stockton made quick work of Clay City, defeating the visiting Lady Eels 21-7, 21-10, 21-10 in a dual conference volleyball match Tuesday night. The victory gave the Lady Miners, currently ranked No. 10 in the Class 2A coaches volleyball poll, a 4-1 record overall, but more importantly identical 2-0 records in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference and Tri-River Conference...
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Lakers slip to 6-3
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/03)
Shakamak had its three-match winning streak snapped by Edgewood as the Lady Mustangs edged the host Lady Lakers 12-21, 21-17, 18-21, 21-18, 15-12 in a high school volleyball match Tuesday night at Jasonville. Junior Shea Griffith injured her ankle in the second game as the Lady Lakers slipped to 6-3...
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Bloomfield volleyball team battles through schedule
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/03)
The last thing Bloomfield volleyball coach Susie Schulte wanted this season was a repeat of last season when the Lady Cards finished 11-22. Bloomfield entered play last Thursday 2-4. They were facing an Owen Valley squad which had already beaten Union this season. Two days later the Cards would travel to West Vigo to play in an invitational against North Knox and West Vigo, both good programs...
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Linton girls to take part in powder puff game
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/03)
On Thursday at 7 p.m. on Roy Williams Field, a powder puff football game is scheduled for girls of Linton-Stockton High School. The seniors will play the sophomores, and the juniors will play the freshmen. The winners will then play each other. Each game will last 30 minutes, and the teams will be coached by some of the Linton football team...
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Lady Bulldogs lose to No. 6 Barr-Reeve
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/03)
DUGGER ---- Slow starts at the beginning of games two and four proved to be the difference as Class A No. 6 Barr-Reeve defeated host Union (Dugger) 14-21, 20-22, 21-18, 14-21. "I thought we were ready to play tonight," said Barr-Reeve coach Amber Decoursey, whose Lady Vikings improved to 5-0. "Any time you come to Dugger you know you are going to be in for a battle. We were focused and ready to play and we needed to be because Dugger is very strong...
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WRV finishes five-match road trip with victory over Knights; Lady T-Birds win
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/03)
White River Valley's road warriors finished a five-match road trip to start the season with an 11-21, 21-15, 21-10, 21-17 triumph over Northview (3-6) on Tuesday. The Lady Wolverines (2-3) got a complete effort from seniors to freshmen. Senior Amber Williams led the Wolverines with eight assists, six kills and three blocks, while freshman Beth Neeley served 11 points on 17-18 serving...
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Chamber gets update on Crane
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
"Every time I go to Crane, I learn something new. I didn't realize it's the third largest naval base in the world," said Ralph Witty. Witty gave members of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday an update on the Crane Regional Economic Development Organization meeting on July 21...
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Stolen truck recovered, twice
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
A truck that was stolen Sunday, not once, but two times, has been recovered. The incident started at about 10:15 on Sunday night when Indiana State Police Trooper Eric Nash was patrolling around CR1375W when he saw a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed...
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White River approaching record level
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
With the White River approaching record flood levels, the National Weather Service has updated its flood warning to people along the White River in southwest Indiana. That includes communities and roads in Greene and surrounding counties. In a bulletin issued Tuesday afternoon, the NWS said a flood warning issued for the White River from Elliston in Greene County to Hazleton in Gibson County will remain in effect through Sept. 10...
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Courthouse project remains on hold
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The word on the stalled courthouse renovation/addition project is the same as it's been for months ---- actually, two words ---- "on hold." At Tuesday's commissioners' meeting, Todd Taylor, project engineer with United Consulting Engineers ---- the company hired to do the work on the courthouse ---- said once again that the project cannot move forward "until we hear something further from the owners or their legal advisors."...
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Alcohol may have been a factor in death
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
An autopsy completed on the body of a woman ran over on State Road 59 S on Friday night shows alcohol may have been a contributing factor in her death. Dr. Roland Kohr of Terre Haute Regional Hospital performed the autopsy on Kristina Byerly, 42 of Clay City...
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Dugger Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
DUGGER ---- On Tuesday night, the Dugger Town Council passed a resolution to file the submission for the Community Focus Fund Grant to the Indiana Department of Commerce. If awarded, this grant will provide Dugger will nearly $400,000 for a new 7,000 square foot community building in the park...
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Eastern conducts budget hearing
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
No remonstrators were present Tuesday night to speak out against the proposed $11.2 million 2004 budget for the Eastern Greene School District. The board conducted a rather uneventful public and speedy hearing on the proposed budget. As advertised, the board is seeking approval of a budget that totals $11,231,668 ---- $2,263,286 higher than the budget advertised a year ago, according to district treasurer Nancy Nolting...
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County won't fund four fire departments
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
Perhaps the most significant action taken by the Greene County Council on the first day of budget hearings Tuesday was the elimination of county funding for four volunteer fire departments. Line item budgets for Richland-Taylor Township ($29,650), Eastern ($40,634), Center Township ($25,707) and Worthington-Jefferson ($10,500) fire departments were axed for 2004 ---- amounting to budget savings of $106,491...
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Commissioners OK bridge work
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday voted 3-0 to allow the state to let bids on an upcoming bridge replacement project near Solsberry. Greene County Road Commissioner Mike Hennette explained that County Bridge 258 is an old wooden bridge west of Solsberry that crosses over Indiana Rail Road tracks...
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Switz City Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 09/03/03)
"We can't apply until everything is in place, but it is just a matter of time," said Rhonda Rumble from Southern Indiana Development Commission as she reported to the Switz City Town Council on Tuesday night on the water project grant application...
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Area briefs
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/03)
GCSA start date moved to Sept. 13 The start date for Greene County Soccer Association Fall Season has been moved back to Saturday, Sept. 13, due to weather, according to league president Dr. Michael Miller He said all coaches will receive a call from Mary Berkshire with new game schedules and uniforms sometime this week...
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