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Family Life Center strives to keep children warm
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- As winter approaches, volunteers in the Upper Room Ministry at the Family Life Center (FLC) in Bloomfield are hoping that no child will be without a warm coat. Friday is the first day of the kickoff for the annual Coats for Kids sponsored by FLC in which coats are donated to needy children...
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Lady Miners extend winning streak
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
Linton-Stockton's winning streak reached 13 matches when they defeated Sullivan 22-20, 17-21, 21-16, 21-11 on the road Tuesday night. "Any time that Linton and Sullivan match up in any sport you can expect a battle, no matter if one team is better or not. It doesn't matter because both teams always play their best against each other," said Linton-Stockton volleyball coach Mike Misner, whose Lady Miners improved to 14-1...
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Miller uses win over Moore as motivation
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
JASONVILLE ---- After finally beating Erica Moore on Saturday at the Shakamak Invitational, taking on North Central's Shannon Shidler was not a problem for Linton-Stockton's Jennifer Miller. The sophomore trailed early, but gradually pulled away from Shidler to win the Tri-River Conference girls cross country meet here Tuesday evening...
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Bloomfield runners third
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
Bloomfield's cross country teams placed third on Tuesday at Owen Valley in a tough four-team meet. Bloomington North took the first 11 places in the boys' meet to finish with 15 points. Edgewood edged Bloomfield 46-49 and Owen Valley didn't field a complete team...
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Miners 'manhandled' 5-0
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
Terre Haute South's junior varsity boys tennis team got to visiting Linton-Stockton Tuesday, defeating the Miners 5-0. "We were just manhandled at times tonight," said L-S boys varsity tennis coach Brad McKinney, whose Miners slipped to 4-9. "They are physically pretty talented. For the first time, I saw a lot of freshmen play. They have some good kids coming...
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Cards nip North Daviess, 3-2
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
Bloomfield's tennis team kept its slate clean against SWIAC foes on Tuesday when the Cardinals edged North Daviess 3-2. Unlike so many of Bloomfield's matches this season, all five matches were decided in straight sets. "It was a strange match in the fact that so many of our matches have been close and have gone on forever, but it wasn't that way at all," Bloomfield coach Mike Canty said...
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NC girls, Clay City boys win TRC
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
JASONVILLE ---- North Central's girls and Clay City's boys, led by individual winner Andy Huggler, came out on top on the team standings at the annual Tri-River Conference cross country championships here at Shakamak High School on Tuesday evening...
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Union takes out Lakers
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
Union (Dugger) extended its winning streak to five with a 21-18, 21-13, 25-23 dual conference volleyball victory over visiting Shakamak Tuesday night. The win improved the Lady Bulldogs to 15-6 overall, 5-1 in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference and 3-0 in the Tri-River Conference...
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Volleyball briefs
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
Linton falls at Eastern Eastern defeated visiting Linton-Stockton 21-14, 13-21, 21-13 in a seventh grade volleyball match Tuesday night. For Linton, who slipped to 5-3, Izzy Carpenter had 14 points, 13 aces and one assist. Megan Barnes tallied seven points, five aces and two kills. Leah Mihlfeld had two points and two aces while Morgan Sanders added two points and one ace...
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Bloomfield volleyball team now 16-7
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
Bloomfield's push toward another 20-win season took a step forward on Tuesday when the Lady Cardinals defeated Northview 21-13, 15-21, 21-10, 21-14 at Glover Gymnasium. The Cards (16-7) are just four victories from posting the program's 10th season of 20 or more wins in 11 years...
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Emily Olene McCoin
(Obituary ~ 10/01/03)
SOLSBERRY ---- Emily Olene McCoin, 79, of Solsberry, passed away at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003 at her residence. Born July 16, 1924, in Sumner County, Tenn., she was the daughter of James Thomas and Jessie (Perdue) Brown. She worked on the assembly line at RCA in Indianapolis...
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Earl Cullison
(Obituary ~ 10/01/03)
CLINTON, Pa. ---- Earl Cullison, 64, of Clinton, Pa., passed away Monday morning, Sept. 22, 2003. Born July 1, 1939, in Bloomfield, he was the son of Sampson and Faye (Cullison) Davis. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Cullison of Clinton, Pa.; two sons, Denny Cullison of Clinton, Pa., and Jeff Cullison of Indianapolis; daughter, Penny Locke of Indianapolis; sister Gladys Tally of Vincennes; brother Warren Cullison; step-brothers Wayne and Virgil Davis of Bloomfield; step-sister, Isabelle Binkley of Tennessee; and six grandchildren.. ...
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Benefit to help Newberry family
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
NEWBERRY ---- Friends and neighbors of a Newberry woman fighting a battle with cancer will conduct a benefit chili meal Sunday at the White River Valley High School cafeteria in Switz City. Linda Porter, who's 48, suffers from Renal Cell cancer (kidney cancer). ...
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Glenburn to host dinner/roast for Wright
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
Glenburn Home is going to have the mayor for dinner. Make that ---- going to roast the mayor. Better make that ---- they're going to give a retirement roast/dinner for outgoing Linton mayor Jimmie K. Wright and his wife, Connie. The dinner/roast is by invitation only, due to space restrictions, noted Kevin Kramer, Glenburn's director of community services. It will be at 6 p.m. on Saturday...
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Go-karts coming to Linton this weekend
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
What's got four wheels, reaches speeds of 40-90 mph, is just a few inches off the ground, and is a blast to watch? A go-kart. Between 200-300 go-karts and their drivers will be in Linton this weekend to race on the half-mile oval that circles Humphreys Park...
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Area organizations receive grant money
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
Four Greene County organizations have been awarded grants from the Bloomington Area Arts Council. Shawnee Summer Theatre, the oldest continuous professional summer theatre in the state, received a grant totaling $4,260 to provide operating support for the theatre's on-going promotion, presentation and teaching of the art of live professional theatre...
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Prisoner found dead at Carlisle prison
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
A prisoner at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility apparently hung himself early Tuesday morning. According to Rich Larsen, prison spokesperson, the man was found hanging from a portion of his cell door at approximately 2:30 a.m. during a routine security check...
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Programs to offer training for disaster
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
The Greene County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) plans to put a portion of $25,000 in two Homeland Security grants into several upcoming training programs that will better prepare and protect county residents in the event of a local disaster or terrorist-type attack...
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There's light at the end of the tax tunnel
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
Yes, Greene County, there is a light slowly appearing at the end of the reassessment tunnel. While county officials cannot say when taxpayers will actually have their tax statements in their hands, the county's end of the process is nearly complete...
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Correction
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
In Monday's edition, a report about a two-vehicle wreck that occurred last Friday on U.S. 231 S. in Bloomfield contained some errors. The direction of travel was north, not south as reported. Also, the 2003 Dodge Ram, driven by Harry Fridenbergs of Kalamazoo, Mich., had missed a left-hand turn into IGA parking lot. ...
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Downtown Linton wreck
(Local News ~ 10/01/03)
Three people were sent to Greene County General Hospital this morning following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Main and Vincennes Sts. in Linton. According to Linton Det. Sgt. Duane Collenbaugh, Tina Gallagher, 33, of Linton, was headed north on Main St...
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Eastern runs past WRV
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/03)
Eastern's varsity cross country teams coasted past White River Valley on Tuesday. Eastern's boys won 16-42 and Eastern's girls had 17 points and WRV only had four runners. Eastern's Jeff Ketchem and Emily Prosise ran to fisrt place finishes for the T-Birds...
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