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Pouliot wants to help animals
(Local News ~ 11/20/03)
A Greene County woman who has loved animals all her life, and actively taken a role in protecting them, has organized a group called Friends of Animals. The name says it all. Lisa Pouliot of Jasonville said she and her husband, Frank, "kept seeing things we've complained about with animals ---- dogs starving, chained up, horses being neglected. We thought there has to be something we can do."...
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College fall season winding down; basketball heating up
(High School Sports ~ 11/20/03)
The college fall athletic season is winding down, while the college basketball season is off and running. First off, the fall season: Linton's Breck Robinson placed 180th out of 214 runners for IU-Purdue-Fort Wayne in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional at Indiana State. Robinson, who finished in 24:43, was sixth for her team...
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Jerry L. Brown
(Obituary ~ 11/20/03)
SULLIVAN ---- Jerry L. Brown, 63, of Sullivan, passed away at 6:11 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003 Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Jan. 25, 1940 in Sullivan County, he was the son of Gilbert and Hazel (Bedwell) Brown. He was retired as vice president of Wenco Trucking Company. He was a member of Sullivan First Christian Church; Sullivan Moose Lodge 2517; and a former member of the Sullivan Jaycees...
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David Lee Bough
(Obituary ~ 11/20/03)
BEDFORD ---- David Lee Bough, 87, of Bedford, formerly of Carlisle, passed away at 8:38 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 at Core Nursing & Rehab. Born June 11, 1916 in Martin County, he was the son of George and Eva (Clark) Bough. He was a retired farmer...
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Hays trial under way in Kentucky
(Local News ~ 11/20/03)
The trial of a Kentucky man who often visited Greene and Daviess counties to pull horses or buy them, began Monday in a U.S. Federal Court in Lexington, Ky. According to the Advocate Messenger newspaper of Danville, Ky., Michael Hays of Gravel Switch, Ky., was charged with growing marijuana in both Kentucky and Indiana...
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'Spirit of Christmas' tour to help church
(Local News ~ 11/20/03)
A small rural Bloomfield church has a vision for growth and has organized a holiday home tour as a means of starting the building fund drive. The Tulip Church of God will sponsor a "Spirit of Christmas" tour on Dec. 13 in Bloomfield. The event, which runs from 4-9 p.m., will feature tours of seven older Bloomfield homes that will be decked with a seasonal array of Christmas decorations. ...
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Santa to arrive by rail
(Local News ~ 11/20/03)
Santa Claus and his many helpers will be "riding the rails" instead of his sleigh again this year as the Indiana Rail Road Santa Train makes its 14th annual stops at three locations in Greene County on Dec. 6. The stops in Solsberry, Bloomfield and Linton are part of the 155-mile yearly holiday trip from Indianapolis to Newton, Ill...
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Revenue from Goosepond could help fire departments
(Local News ~ 11/20/03)
If the Goosepond would become part of the National Wildlife Refuge System ---- as has been discussed ---- one result could be that funds would become available to fire departments surrounding the area. William McCoy, Refuge Manager for the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area, said Pike and Gibson counties and six rural volunteer fire departments are now $52,404 richer, thanks to the presence of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area...
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Local men face drug charges
(Local News ~ 11/20/03)
Two Greene County men are facing a variety of drug charges after Sullivan County police discovered a working methamphetamine lab in their truck. John W. Keller, 40 of Linton and Jeffrey L. Elkins, 20 of Jasonville, were arrested Sunday afternoon when Conservation Officers Jay Baker and Mike Swafford found them parked on a Sullivan County road...
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Man wants jury trial
(Local News ~ 11/20/03)
A Vicksburg man has filed a complaint and demand for a jury trial in Greene Superior Court. Paul Orman has filed the case involving Steve and Vicki McDonald. Orman, 80, claims that the McDonalds assaulted and battered him, causing serious bodily injury, on May 9 beside the Boltenwood Golf Course on State Road 59 north of Linton...
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Catholic church members honored
(Local News ~ 11/20/03)
By definition the Brute' Award refers to someone "who receives God's gifts gratefully, cherishes and tends them in a responsible and accountable manner, shares them in justice and love with others, and returns them with increase to the Lord."...
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Rebuilding process continues for Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 11/20/03)
ELNORA-North Daviess is proof that looks can be deceiving. Take the Cougars' roster for instance. North Daviess has six seniors and four juniors on the varsity, which would lead one to believe this is a team loaded with experience. Such an assumption couldn't be any further from the truth...
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