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Shakamak rewards students
(Local News ~ 12/10/03)
Students at Shakamak Elementary are earning paychecks. But parents of the students shouldn't quit their jobs just yet. These paychecks are only valuable at the Shakamak Attendance Store. Each week every student in grades kindergarten through sixth grade has the opportunity to earn such a check...
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Eagles fly past T-Birds; hand Eastern first loss
(High School Sports ~ 12/10/03)
Eastern wilted under the pressure. The Lady T-Birds, unbeaten in six games entering Tuesday's home contest with Brown County, couldn't handle the Lady Eagles' pressure and lost 59-42. The T-Birds (6-1) led 27-23 at halftime, but Brown County turned up the heat in the third quarter, outscoring the hosts 19-2...
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Lady Cards handle Viking pressure for win
(High School Sports ~ 12/10/03)
By Craig Koch, Staff Writer Barr-Reeve came out in a pressing defense against Bloomfield Tuesday night, but the Lady Cards broke that pressure early and often and came away with a 45-25 victory. Ashley Thombleson paced the Lady Cards with 16 points, and she added 13 rebounds and three steals in her effort...
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Rivet making life sweet in Hudson's debut season
(High School Sports ~ 12/10/03)
Jamie Hudson doesn't know what it's like to feel defeat as a varsity coach. Hudson, the head coach at Vincennes Rivet, is a former Eastern player and assistant coach who is three games into his head coaching career. Hudson joined the seven other coaches who will lead teams into the Greene County Invitational for a luncheon and tournament drawing in Linton on Tuesday...
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Draw made for Greene County Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 12/10/03)
Jamie Hudson and Ernie Maesch are the two new coaches in the Greene County Invitational Field. For that reason, tournament director Roger Weaver had each coach draw out four teams to fill out each bracket of the tournament. Hudson, formerly of Eastern and the new Vincennes Rivet coach, drew out his own Patriots to play Union in the opening game. Maesch, the new Shakamak coach, drew out his Lakers to play White River Valley, the top ranked team in 1A...
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Worthington Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 12/10/03)
The town of Worthington has begun a pilot program in an effort to keep ammonia levels at its lagoon system at an acceptable level. Town officials believe they may have found a way to keep ammonia levels at an acceptable level without spending a great amount of money...
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Parent wants NESC board to looking into program
(Local News ~ 12/10/03)
HYMERA ---- The Northeast-Sullivan School Corporation once again found itself dealing with coaching positions at Union High school in Dugger. "I just want the coaching problems at Dugger to go away. Ever since I have been on the board we have had issues with coaches at Dugger," said school board member Norm Santus at Monday night's NESC School Board meeting. ...
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Eastern School Board meets
(Local News ~ 12/10/03)
Delays in state reimbursements and county property tax draw payments has forced the Eastern Board of School Trustees to seek an extension on its $2 million emergency operating loan. Superintendent Randy Barrett told the school board Tuesday night that the school district was left with no choice but to ask Old National Bank, based in Evansville, for a loan extension through June 30...
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Parent upset about firing of Eastern assistant
(Local News ~ 12/10/03)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- A rural Bloomfield woman upset about the firing last month of an Eastern pre-school special education teaching assistant brought her concerns to the school board on Tuesday night. Jacqueline Whaley told school board members that she was shocked when she learned "third-handed" that her son's former teaching assistant was no longer employed in the preschool program...
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Military families to celebrate Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/10/03)
On Saturday the Family Readiness Group will be celebrating Christmas at the Linton National Guard Armory. "Our hope is to turn the Armory gym into a Winter Wonderland," said Jodie Myers, president of the Family Readiness Group. This will be the first Christmas many of the members of the 1-152nd have been away from their families, and the Family Readiness Group wants to make it as easy on the families as possible...
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Standoff ends in man being arrested
(Local News ~ 12/10/03)
A 30-minute standoff with Jasonville police was the culmination of a two-day period of hiding by a Bloomington man. According to Jasonville Officer Jim Gadberry, late Sunday night Jasonville Officer Brian Pilant saw a male and female walking down South Meridian St. in Jasonville...
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Girls basketball roundup
(High School Sports ~ 12/10/03)
WRV girls play well in loss to Hatchets White River Valley girls basketball coach Joe Pigg has been waiting for his team to show they can compete with a quality opponent. It didn't happen against either Edgewood or Sullivan, but it did happen on Tuesday in the Lady Wolverines' 55-47 loss to Washington...
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