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Ride Solution a hit in Greene County
(Local News ~ 10/14/03)
When eastern Greene County residents Helen Hash and her daughter, Debra, want to come to Bloomfield to shop, finding a means of safe, reliable transportation is just a phone call away. Ride Solution, the award-winning rural transit system serving Greene, Daviess, Martin, Sullivan and Pike counties, appears to be the answer for the Hash family...
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Linton splits with Union
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/03)
Linton's eighth grade volleyball team topped Union 21-8, 17-21, 21-12 on Monday. Union defeated Linton's seventh grade volleyball team 21-15, 21-15. Sam Hubbell led Linton's eighth grade with 18 points and five aces and added two kills. Lauren Karazsia had 14 points and five aces; Ashley Sparks six assists, three kills and three points; Ashton Montgomery five kills and one point; Lauren Jones five points and one ace; Jessy Youdzukinas five points; Jessi Bohnert four points, one ace and four kills; Tasha Phelps three points and one ace; Ashlea Beard and Sarah Shaw two points apiece and one point each for Olivia Kendall and Jessy Abbott.. ...
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Springs Valley finishes strong to top Cards
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/03)
Springs Valley closed out Monday's match with Bloomfield by scoring 10 straight points to defeat the Lady Cardinals 15-21, 21-13, 17-21, 21-13, 15-10. The loss was the sixth in a row for the Cards (16-13), although all six have come against stiff competition, including three ranked teams. Springs Valley is ranked 12th in 1A...
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Volleyball sectional pairings announced
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/03)
White River Valley and Eastern have endured tough seasons, but the release of Monday's volleyball sectional pairings brought good news to both squads. WRV drew the bye match at the Bloomfield Sectional and Eastern did the same at the Linton Sectional...
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Miners one win away from ninth unbeaten regular season
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/03)
Linton has been playing football for a long time, but only eight Miner teams have finished the regular season unbeaten. This year's Miners are one victory from becoming the ninth Linton team to accomplish the feat. Linton last went unbeaten in 1995 and a victory at Monrovia on Friday would give the Miners a clean slate heading into the sectional...
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David James Walters
(Obituary ~ 10/14/03)
HYMERA ---- David James Walters, 52, of Hymera, passed away at 4:50 a.m., today, Oct. 14, 2003 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Nov. 25, 1950 in Sullivan County, he was the son of James W. and Betty J. (Marshall) Walters. He was employed at Eli Lilly, a veteran of the Vietnam War, and a member of the Hymera American Legion...
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Barbara L. Stevenson Ellingsworth Tibbits
(Obituary ~ 10/14/03)
TERRE HAUTE ---- Barbara L. Stevenson Ellingsworth Tibbits 72, of Terre Haute passed away at 1:11 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12 in Union Hospital at Terre Haute. Born Sept. 23, 1931, in Vicksburg, she was the daughter of Thomas Stevenson and Mary Fern Willoughby Stevenson...
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Audrey Thurber
(Obituary ~ 10/14/03)
BOONVILLE ---- Audrey Thurber, 94, of Boonville, passed away Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003 at Baker's Rest Haven in Boonville. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Maria and Elvis Grant of Boonville; grandson and wife, David and Darlene Grant of Boonville; great grandson, Levi Grant; and close friend, Mark Krantz...
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Bernard C. Ellingsworth
(Obituary ~ 10/14/03)
TERRE HAUTE ---- Bernard C. Ellingsworth, 81, of Terre Haute passed away at 7:40 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born April 9, 1922, he was the son of Benjamin W. and Laura Maher Ellingsworth. He had been employed with Indiana State University for 20 years in the Athletic Department as the equipment manager, retiring June 1, 1985...
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Marcel J. Coulomb, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/14/03)
DANVILLE ---- Marcel J. Coulomb, Jr., 64, of Danville, Ind., passed away Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003 at Hendricks Regional Health at Danville. Born Sept. 3, 1939 in Linton, he was the son of Marcel J. and Lillian "Patsy" (Gaither) Coulomb Sr. He was a government employee serving as director of Public Works in Edinburgh; he was town manager of Middlebury and Danville town manager from 1978 to 1986; and executive director of the township trustees. ...
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Kenneth and Jeannie (Everson) Burch
(Obituary ~ 10/14/03)
SAN JOSE, Calif. ---- There will be a memorial and celebration of life service for Kenneth and Jeannie (Everson) Burch on Saturday. The service will be at Burch Cemetery east of Bloomfield at 2 p.m. Kenneth Burch, 78, San Jose, Calif., and formerly of Indiana, passed away Aug. 15, 1999. Born Aug. 16 1921 in Center Township in eastern Greene County, he was the son of Francis and Maude (Johnson) Burch...
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Vehicles a total loss in wreck near Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 10/14/03)
Three people sustained minor injuries and two vehicles were termed "total losses" in a State Road 54 traffic mishap west of Bloomfield on Monday morning. Indiana State Police trooper Scott Allen reported that the traffic accident occurred about 8:05 a.m., just west of the Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC office, a mile from the Bloomfield town limits...
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Teachers' art work to be on display
(Local News ~ 10/14/03)
The artwork of three women, all employed by the Linton-Stockton School Corporation, will be displayed at a Monroe County art gallery for the next month. Tawni Prudhomme, Sonna Berghaier, and Angela Brown have each created collages ---- artistic compositions created from materials and even objects pasted over a surface. Collages are a unique way of creating a "picture" using bits and pieces of varied materials, but usually unified in their lines and colors...
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Basketball game to help Shakamak Youth Football League
(Local News ~ 10/14/03)
The Shakamak High School gym may never be the same after a benefit basketball game Saturday. The Jasonville fire and police departments will face off against Southwestern EMS at 7 p.m. in the gym. All proceeds will got to the Shakamak Area Youth Football League. The cost to see this remarkable display of talent is $3 for adults, children ages 5 through 18 will be $2, and children under 5 are free...
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Eastern School Board buys land
(Local News ~ 10/14/03)
The land deal is final. The Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees inked an agreement Monday night finalizing the purchase of two parcels of land located on State Road 54, near property the school previously bought as the site for a future school complex...
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Linton City Council closes alley
(Local News ~ 10/14/03)
The Linton City Council voted to close a portion of an alley and signed two contracts at its monthly meeting Monday night. With a vote of 3-1, the council agreed to close the western portion of an alley near the Church of Christ property at 4th St. and C St. NW...
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Police make meth bust near Vicksburg
(Local News ~ 10/14/03)
A working methamphetamine lab that was discovered near Vicksburg on Monday afternoon has resulted in the arrest of a male juvenile and a Coalmont man. According to Indiana State Trooper Jackie Taylor, the lab was discovered in the area of CR 400W and CR 1375W by Indiana State Trooper Harry Bedwell...
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WRV 7th grade wins invitational
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/03)
White River Valley won Bloomfield's seventh grade invitational on Saturday. The Lady Wolverines (9-4) defeated Linton 21-11, 21-10 and Eastern 21-17, 21-19. Danielle Fogerty and Haylee Holtsclaw led WRV against Linton with nine points apiece. Fogerty had three aces and Holtsclaw two...
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