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Kennedys proud to be called veterans
(Local News ~ 11/10/03)
Looking at their brick house on South John Street in Bloomfield will tell you a lot of about the couple that lives there. Three flagpoles grace the front yard and on most days an American flag, a U.S. Marine flag and a U.S. Air Force flag proudly blows in the wind from the poles...
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Lady Miners are no longer doormats
(High School Sports ~ 11/10/03)
Linton's girls basketball team won seven games last season, which may not sound like much until you consider the Lady Miners only won a grand total of seven games the five previous seasons. Mike Riggleman, who is beginning his fourth season as coach, believes the perception of the program began to change last year. The next step is a winning season, which Riggleman believes is quite possible after the Miners finished 7-13 with a losing margin of only 2.6 points...
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No time for Linton football players to hang heads
(High School Sports ~ 11/10/03)
LYNNVILLE-Football is a tough gig. Win or lose, the sectional tournament in other sports is over in a matter of days. In football it lasts three weeks for the two teams that play for the title. For the team on the losing side, the pain is almost unbearable, but magnify that even more for a team like the Linton Miners, who came into Friday's title game with an unblemished mark of 11-0...
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The longest yard haunts Miners
(High School Sports ~ 11/10/03)
LYNNVILLE-"The Longest Yard" wasn't just a movie, but was played out in real life on Friday at the Sectional 40 championship between third-ranked Linton and ninth-ranked Tecumseh. Linton, which had trailed 12-0 midway through the second quarter, was in perfect position to take the lead late in the third quarter with first-and-goal at the Tecumseh one-yard line, but had three straight plays go bad, the last of which was a fumble...
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George J. Walters
(Obituary ~ 11/10/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- George J. Walters, 85, of Bloomfield, passed away at 1:03 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Oct. 2, 1918 in Sullivan County, he was the son of Porter and Mae (Shipman) Walters. He was owner and operator of Walter's Hardware Store in Bloomfield from 1956-71. Then he served as assistant postmaster of the Bloomfield Post Office, retired. He was a member of Faith Christian Church, and a 50-year member of Sullivan Masonic Lodge...
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Marian Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 11/10/03)
Marian Mitchell, 68, of Linton, passed away at 6:25 a.m., today, Nov. 10, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Linton Memory Chapel.
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Charles F. "Cob" Ferguson
(Obituary ~ 11/10/03)
ELLETTSVILLE ---- Charles F. "Cob" Ferguson, 91, of Ellettsville, passed away at 8:50 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003 at Richland-Bean Blossom Health Care Center in Ellettsville. Born Oct. 29, 1912 in Bloomfield, he was the son of Tom and Stella (Pearson) Ferguson...
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Gladys Naomi Carmichael
(Obituary ~ 11/10/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Gladys Naomi Carmichael, 85, of Bloomfield, passed away at 5 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Sept. 11, 1918 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Bryan and Nellie (Sullivan) Crowe...
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"Thank God for Veterans"
(Local News ~ 11/10/03)
Thank God for all of those who fight, So that we are safe by day and night. Thank God for all the sons and daughters Who fought and died across the waters. Thank God for those whose courage shown And for acts of valor still unknown. Thank God for all the men and women of pride...
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FSSA to get another worker to help children
(Local News ~ 11/10/03)
The Greene County office of The Family and Social Service Administration is among 22 counties in the state that are adding more personnel on the front lines to help protect against a growing number of abused and neglected children. The county FSSA office, located in Bloomfield, is already interviewing and hopes to have its one additional state-funded child protection caseworker position filled in the next two weeks, according area director Bill Walker...
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Dugger to get a community building
(Local News ~ 11/10/03)
The town of Dugger will receive a $400,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Commerce to build a new community building. Dugger officials learned of the grant Wednesday afternoon. Town Council member Bill Pirtle said the new building will be constructed west of the tennis courts in Dugger Park. It will be pole-barn construction, Pirtle noted, and be 128X54 feet...
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Long brothers following in father's footsteps
(Local News ~ 11/10/03)
Two Linton teens are following the footsteps of their father, and two good friends, and joined the U.S. Navy. Jack Long, 19, and his 18-year-old brother James are the sons of Jack and Tonia Long. Their father served in the Navy for 14 years. "I've been wanting to join since I can remember," said the younger Jack Long, who graduated from Linton-Stockton High School in 2003...
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Several vehicles vandalized at Linton school
(Local News ~ 11/10/03)
As if the members of the Linton-Stockton High School football team were not feeling bad enough after their loss Friday night, they returned home to find someone had vandalized many of their vehicles. According to the Linton Police Department, 12 vehicles along with personal belongings were damaged and a door of the elementary was also vandalized...
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Lady Cards, Wolverines and T-Birds unveil teams
(High School Sports ~ 11/10/03)
Bloomfield, White River Valley and Eastern each unveiled their 2003-04 girls basketball teams in scrimmages on Saturday. Bloomfield hosted Vincennes Lincoln, WRV entertained Northeast Dubois and Eastern welcomed Whiteland. According to new Bloomfield coach Jim Rose, the Lady Cards lost to Lincoln by about 25 points, but he said the home team had its moments...
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