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United Way kicks off 2004 campaign
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
Volunteers representing various companies, organizations and the City of Linton met Monday evening at Roosevelt Mission to kick off the 2003 Greene County United Way (GCUW) campaign. As she welcomed the volunteers and presented each one with a donation packet, Dee Woodruff, president of the organization, said, "With your help and the help of donors, we will be a success, and with your support, United Way in Greene County will be a bigger and better organization."...
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Linton volleyball team tops Owen Valley
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
Linton-Stockton extended its winning streak to six matches with a 21-12, 21-18, 21-14 victory over host Owen Valley Monday. "We are undefeated on Monday night and undefeated on the road (2-0â" said Linton-Stockton volleyball coach Mike Misner. "We were really excited about playing after the game Thursday was canceled (South Knox). It had been a long time since we had played...
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Lady Cards win bird battle at WC
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
Bloomfield's volleyball team matched its win total for all of last season by winning a battle between Cardinals at Washington Catholic on Monday. Bloomfield won 21-9, 21-14, 21-16, improving to 11-7. The Cards finished 11-22 last season. "There's not much to say. It was a good practice for tonight," Bloomfield coach Susie Schulte said...
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Cards' Hughes, Gilliland break school records
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
It was a record-setting night for Bloomfield runners Abbey Gilliland and R.J. Hughes. Gilliland broke her own school record by 20 seconds as she won the girls race with a time of 15 minutes, 57 seconds in a five-team invitational at home Monday. It was the second time the BHS frosh had eclipsed a school record. Her 16:17, run on the same course six days earlier, shattered the old record of 16:33, which was owned by Sara McIntosh...
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Miners lose at Owen Valley
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
A 3-2 Linton-Stockton victory over Owen Valley on Aug. 27 mattered very little as host Patriots defeated the Miners 4-1 in a high school boys tennis match at Spencer Monday. "This was not a good thing with sectionals just three weeks away," Linton-Stockton boys tennis coach Brad McKinney said of a loss to a sectional foe. "They turned things around us on...
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Big week for WRV spikers
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
This is the most important week of the regular season for the White River Valley volleyball team. The Lady Wolverines host Bloomfield tonight, then travel to Union on Thursday. Both matches have serious conference implications for all three squads. Bloomfield is 3-0 in the SWIAC, a half-game up on Linton. WRV and Union are both 2-1...
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Witt wins invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
Shakamak's boys and girls cross country teams competed at the Washington Invitational Saturday, finishing fourth out of eight teams in both races. Sophomore Haylea Martin topped Shakamak with a sixth-place finish. Her time was 17 minutes, 57 seconds...
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Linton wins
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
The Linton-Stockton seventh grade volleyball team evened its record at 1-1 with a 21-17, 21-17 victory at North Central Monday night. Izzy Carpenter had 13 points and eight aces for the Lady Miners. Tricia Emmons finished with six points, five aces and one block. Megan Barnes contributed one block, four points, three aces and one kill and Ricki Morris had three points, one ace and one assist...
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Clay City runs past WRV JH
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
Clay City's junior high cross country teams ran past White River Valley last Thursday. Clay City's boys won 24-33 and the Lady Eels won 25-30. Tyler Zimmerly and Jennifer Hughes finished second for the Wolverines. Junior High Boys Clay City 24, WRV 33...
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Linton's football team cracks AP's top 10
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
To be in the Top 10 or not be in the Top 10, that is the question. The Linton-Stockton football team, which has started the season 4-0, has been gradually receiving more votes each week. In last week's Class A coaches poll, the one that seems to receive less notoriety but is likely closer to the truth, Linton was ranked No. 10...
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K T Wilson
(Obituary ~ 09/16/03)
EASTPOINTE, Mich. ---- K T Wilson, 49, of Eastpointe, Mich, passed away Friday, Sept. 12, 2003 at William Beaumont Hospital at Royal Oak, Mich. Born Nov. 22, 1953 in Detroit, Mich., he was the son of John and Shirley (Weiss) McSweeney. Survivors include, two sons and daughter-in-law, Jason and Angela Wilson and Andrew Wilson; two grandchildren; and two sisters, Susan Atkins and Eileen McSweeney...
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Bloomfield musician hopes to make it big
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
A rural Bloomfield musician is hoping and praying that the release of a new CD to more than 2,000 radio stations across the nation next week may be his "big career break" that will lay the groundwork for bigger and better things. Rob Feutz, who goes by the stage name Rob Barry, is a well-known performer in the area who's sang lead vocals and played guitar for the "Rebel Storm" band for more than 15 years. ...
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Cullison wants commissioner to update council
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
Greene County Councilman Ed Cullison wants to hear news about the status of the beleaguered county courthouse addition/renovation project straight from a member of the county commissioners. The first-year council member said doesn't want to get his information from people on the street or he doesn't want to read it first in the newspaper...
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County Council adopts 2004 budget
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
As expected, the Greene County Council put its stamp of approval on the 2004 budget amounting to more than $14 million on Monday afternoon with a couple of amendments. In changes made after the recent budget hearing talks, the council voted to merge the Greene County Rescue budget, amounting to more than $69,500, with the Greene County Ambulance Service budget ---- putting it outside of the cash-strapped General Fund budget levy...
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Fire departments get update on funding
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
Representatives from six township and several fire departments sat down Saturday morning to talk seriously about what the future holds for fire protection and rescue services following a recent budgetary decision by the Greene County Council not to fund four volunteer departments in the 2004 budget...
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Linton School board meets
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
Members of the Linton-Stockton School Board approved dates for graduation, prom and grand march Monday night. The board voted (5-0) to approve May 1 for prom and grand march and approved May 29 for graduation. Superintendent Ron Bush requested that the board allow the school to join the Brownsburg Friend of the Court...
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Students to pray Wednesday morning
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
Early Wednesday morning many students from around the county will be arriving earlier to school. They're not going to study for a test, they're on a much higher mission. Students in the area will gather for the annual "See you at the pole." The event allows students to gather at their school and pray for the school, the administration, the teachers, the students and America...
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Purdue ag expert to talk with area farmers
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- What does the coming year have in store for Greene County and Indiana's agriculture? A Purdue University agriculture economics expert will present "Ag Outlook 2004" during a special breakfast meeting Sept. 23 at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service office, located at the fairgrounds...
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Horse owners breathing easier
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
Although Hoosier horse owners held their breath this spring, wondering if there would be another outbreak of West Nile Virus, they're now breathing a sigh of relief. Only three Indiana horses in the state have been reported as having contracted the virus...
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NESC board adopts 2004 budget
(Local News ~ 09/16/03)
HYMERA ---- The Northeast Sullivan School District Board of Trustees voted Monday night to adopt the 2004 budget of $12,838,834. This includes the breakdown of $9,375,000 for the general fund, $1,225,000 for debt service, $767,834 for capital projects funding, $970,000 for transportation, $115,000 for the bus replacement fund, $156,000 for preschool, which currently serves 52 students, and $230,000 for the retirement service bond...
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BJHS spikers lose pair; 8th grade wins tourney
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/03)
Union handed Bloomfield's junior high volleyball teams a pair of losses on Monday. Union's seventh grade won 21-15, 21-9 and the Bulldogs' eighth grade won in two games as well. Jessica Swaby served four aces for Bloomfield's seventh grade. Lindley Gremore had three points and two aces, Katie Walker two aces and Kelsie Spelts two points and one ace...
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