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Berns makes walking fun for Linton elementary students
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
Linton-Stockton Elementary School physical education teacher Bart Berns is making his classes walk to Indianapolis. Well, sort of. At the beginning of school this year, Berns started something new in his P.E. class. He calls it Walk Across Indiana. Each day the students do some sort of physical activity. ...
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WRV falls to Owen Valley
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/03)
With the sectional fast-approaching, White River Valley's boys tennis team hoped to give a good showing at Owen Valley on Monday. Instead, the Wolverines lost to the Patriots 4-1. WRV's only victory came at two singles where Mike Powell defeated Brett Worland 6-4, 6-1...
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Lady Bulldogs hold off North Daviess
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/03)
Union (Dugger) played inconsistent volleyball but still managed to hold off North Daviess for a 16-21, 23-21, 19-21, 21-11, 15-13 victory at Elnora Monday night. It was the 13th win in 19 matches for the Lady Bulldogs, who also improved to 4-1 in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference...
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Miners win third match
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/03)
Linton-Stockton swept doubles and took 2 of 3 singles matches as the Miners defeated visiting Sullivan 4-1 Monday in a boys high school tennis match at Humphreys Park. "It was a good win although Sullivan played a lot of their younger kids tonight," said Linton-Stockton coach Brad McKinney. "But still we had to beat them. We are not going to show up and beat anybody by just our mere presence."...
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Washington tops Lakers in volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/03)
JASONVILLE ---- Inconsistent play, especially in games three and five, cost Shakamak as the host Lady Lakers lost a 17-21, 21-18, 11-21, 21-17, 4-15 to Washington in a non-conference volleyball match here Monday night. "We went from one extreme to the other," said Shakamak coach Jeri Morin, whose Lady Lakers slipped to 12-9. "Once you dig a hole, it is hard to get out of it...
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Lakers run past WRV
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/03)
Shakamak swept past White River Valley in a dual cross country meet on the Lakers' course on Monday. Shakamak's boys edged the Wolverines 26-29. Shakamak's girls had 19 points and WRV only had four runners. Shakamak's Austin Witt posted a one-minute victory in the boys' meet, winning in 18:34...
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Miners improve to 10-1
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/03)
Although the Lady Miners will not win any awards with their performance against host North Central Monday, the Linton-Stockton volleyball team came away with a 21-17, 21-15, 21-17 Tri-River Conference victory. "It was not as close as the score would indicate," said Linton-Stockton coach Mike Misner, whose Class 2A No. 9 Lady Miners improved to 10-1 overall, 3-0 in the TRC. "There was really no doubt as we had big leads in all three games."...
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Steve giving Linton a big lift
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/03)
Matt Steve has given an extra kick to the high-powered Linton-Stockton offense ---- an extra point kick that is. With his 8-for-8 performance on point after touchdown kicks in the Miners 56-6 victory against Clinton Prairie on Friday night, Steves has extended his steak of consecutive PATs to 12...
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Dorothy Johnson
(Obituary ~ 09/23/03)
WORTHINGTON ---- Dorothy Johnson, 90, of Worthington, passed away at 6:10 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Feb. 19, 1913 in Owen County, she was the daughter of Denver and Florence (Fulk) Neumeyer. She worked in several restaurants in Worthington, and she also worked at the Onion Ring Factory in Worthington. She was a member of Freedom United Methodist Church and American Legion Auxiliary...
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Scotland Festival brings old, new friends together
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
SCOTLAND ---- It's only one day of the year, the third Saturday in September, but the annual Scotland Festival not only beckons people from nearby communities, but it draws people from far and wide back to the small community, back to their roots and back to old friends...
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Coal Festival to start this weekend
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
For John Booker and members of the Dugger Coal Festival and Fun Days Committee, fall is the time when a plan all comes together. Booker oversees the planning of the annual festival, set this year for Sept. 28 through Oct. 4. Booker said this year's festival is shaping up to be another good one. While it is fun for everyone, especially the children, to the adults it's a reunion and social gathering...
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Sewell hearing moved back to Wednesday
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
A Bloomfield man will be in a Marion County courtroom at Indianapolis on Wednesday afternoon for a plea and sentencing hearing in connection with felony child exploitation charges. A hearing in the criminal case against Merle A. Sewell, 64, facing 11 felony child exploitation charges, was rescheduled last Friday until Wednesday at 2 p.m., according to a spokesperson in the Marion County Superior Court II office of Judge Robert Altice, Jr...
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Rotary Club supper-auction set for Monday
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
There is still time to donate items and to purchase tickets for the upcoming Bloomfield Rotary Club Chili Supper and Auction. The fourth annual event is set for Monday at Good Times restaurant, located west of Bloomfield on State Road 54. The Bloomfield Rotary Club annually awards several college scholarships to graduating high school seniors and makes a generous donation to the Clothe-A-Child program at Christmas...
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Seven girls eye Apple Festival queen title
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
Seven girls will be competing for the crown of 2003 Bloomfield Apple Festival Queen in a pageant Saturday night in Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School cafeteria. The 7 p.m. contest of open to the public. Admission is $1. The crowning of the winner won't actually be made until 6 p.m. on Oct. 3 ---- the first night of the festival. Last year's queen, Deanna Chesnut, will assist in the turning over the reign of the festival the new queen...
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Crane tries to buy from Hoosiers
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
CRANE ---- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division wants to do business in the state of Indiana and is putting its money where its mouth is. It's no secret that NSWC Crane is a major economic force in southwestern Indiana. With a total estimated annual economic impact approaching $1.5 billion, the area around the base consisting of eight counties ---- Greene, Martin, Daviess, Knox, Dubois, Lawrence, Monroe and Orange ---- share a total yearly benefit of nearly $844 million...
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Top Guardsmen have Greene County roots
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
On June 1, the Indiana National Guard appointed Col. Wayne Hill, formerly from Switz City, to the position of chief of staff for the Indiana National Guard. With that appointment came an interesting coincidence: The three top active duty guardsmen in the state, the full-time leaders of the three largest elements in Indiana's Army National Guard, all hail from Greene County...
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Woman charged with escape, theft
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Linton woman on escape and theft charges. A warrant was signed by Greene Circuit Judge David Johnson on Monday for the arrest of Denise R. Wolfe, 31. Wolfe was ordered on June 11 to serve 120 days on electronic monitored house arrest to be supervised by the Greene County Community Corrections. She had a transmitter placed on her ankle as a part of the house arrest...
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Linton police have leads into bomb threat
(Local News ~ 09/23/03)
A bomb threat received via telephone to the Bloomfield State Bank Linton Banking Center on Saturday remains under investigation by the Linton Police Department. The call came in at 10:45 a.m. from an unidentified woman. A bank employee immediately called the Linton Police Department, and when officers arrived, the bank was evacuated and the area was secured...
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Linton girls, Eastern boys collect All-Sports trophies for 2002-03
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/03)
The Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference (SWIAC) held its fall meeting at Stoll's Restaurant in Linton on Monday evening. Union is in charge of the conference for the 2003-04 athletic year. In one of the first orders of business, awards were handed out to the All-Sports winners for 2002-03. Linton's girls and Eastern's boys were the recipients...
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