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Soldiers 'make their peace' before landing
(Local News ~ 12/30/03)
From the desk of 1 Sgt. (Daniel) Fletcher to the citizens of Greene, Owen, and Morgan Counties. I bring you greetings from Bravo Company 1/152 Infantry. Our Armory is in Martinsville, Ind., but our Company is made up of soldiers from the previous stated counties. Some of our soldiers in Bravo Co. are from the Linton and surrounding small areas...
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Wabash Valley has become second home for Cards
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/03)
TERRE HAUTE-Terre Haute has become a second home for Bloomfield during the month of December the past four years. Since the start of the Wabash Valley Classic in 2000 the Cardinals have fared quite well in the tournament with an overall record of 10-4...
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Eastern's defensive woes continue against Rox
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/03)
TERRE HAUTE-The Eastern Thunderbirds boys' basketball team slipped to 2-6 Monday against Riverton Parke 61-41 at the Wabash Valley Classic. The Thunderbirds fell behind early and never really made a substantial threat to the lead. The defensive effort from coach Andy Igel's Thunderbirds was his main concern...
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Bloomfield advances to Classic title game
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/03)
TERRE HAUTE-Defense wins championships. Those three words make up one of the most used cliches in sports, but there's a lot of truth behind the statement. Defense is the single biggest reason Bloomfield is one victory away from winning the Wabash Valley Classic...
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Ruth Uland Rector
(Obituary ~ 12/30/03)
MONTPELIER ---- Ruth Uland Rector was buried at Montpelier, Ind., on Dec. 23, 2003, the family's hometown. She was born Feb. 14, 1911, one of 17 children, the daughter of Jonas F. and Myrtle Anderson Uland of Center Township in Greene County. She was the granddaughter of James N. and Magdalena Morris Uland...
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Rodney Doyle Page
(Obituary ~ 12/30/03)
CLAY CITY ---- Rodney Doyle Page, 45, of Clay City, died at 3:22 a.m. Monday, Dec. 29, 2003, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Born Dec. 5, 1958, in Henderson, Ky., he was the son of Jewell B. and Betty Parsons Page. He had been a resident of Clay City for the past six years, having moved there from Henderson, Ky. On June 2, 1997, he married Linda Brooks. Due a disability he had been unable to work for the past five years. Prior to that he had been employed at various factories...
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Frank R. Hawkins
(Obituary ~ 12/30/03)
Frank R. Hawkins, 83, of Elizabethtown, Ky., and formerly of Bloomfield, died Sunday, Dec. 28, at the Extendicare Health Facility in Elizabethtown, Ky. Born Jan. 23, 1920, in Jasonville, he was the son of Charles M. and Eva (VanMeter) Hawkins. He was retired from the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center...
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Bloomfield Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 12/30/03)
The Bloomfield Town Council met very briefly Monday afternoon in special session to officially close out the financial books for the year 2003. The only action included a 2-0 vote to authorize clerk-treasurer Sondra Thompson to make the necessary inter-budget transfers to close out the ledger sheets in the "black" with positive balances...
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Judge to rule on Tomich plea agreement
(Local News ~ 12/30/03)
Greene Circuit Court Judge David Johnson is expected to rule on a negotiated plea agreement, signed by Constance Tomich, at a hearing set for Jan. 29 at 9 a.m. Tomich has signed an agreement pleading guilty but mentally ill to aiding in murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the Feb. 14 death of her husband, Ronald Tomich...
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York takes over final council spot
(Local News ~ 12/30/03)
NEWBERRY ---- A seat on the Newberry Town Council that has been vacant for more than two years was officially filled during a special meeting Monday night. Life-long Newberry resident Dexter "Shorty" York, a Democrat, was sworn in by clerk-treasurer Wilma Sipes for a four-year term ending a long-time search for someone to fill the vacant slot on the three-member town council...
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Lyons Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 12/30/03)
LYONS - Two new additions to the town were reported at the brief Lyons Town Council meeting Monday evening. With a $10,000 grant, a down payment was made on a new Chevrolet Impala police car. Purchased from McDonald Chevrolet in Washington, the remainder of the car will be paid with a lease buy-out...
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Humane Society has new officers
(Local News ~ 12/30/03)
The Greene County Humane Society has elected its officers for 2004. Longtime president Linda Felker was re-elected to that position. Felker is semi-retired, spending less time in the animal shelter on Atlas Road, west of Linton ---- but still overseeing the shelter and its operation...
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Bloomfield council seat to be filled Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/30/03)
The Greene County Democrat Party will select a successor to former Bloomfield Town Councilman Russell Basye in a special caucus meeting slated for 1 p.m. on Saturday. Greene County Democrat Party Chairman Jeff Lehman will convene the meeting at the fire station of the party's two precinct committeemen ---- Shirley Pullen and Mary Putney-Katchmer---- who live within the town limits...
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Jones to take oath of office Wednesday
(Local News ~ 12/30/03)
Tom Jones is looking forward to Wednesday. That's the day he will no longer be Linton's mayor-elect, he will officially become the mayor of Greene County's largest city. The swearing-in ceremony is set for 1 p.m. at Linton City Hall on South Main Street...
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Shakamak tops new Creations
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/03)
TERRE HAUTE----In an intense battle between the Shakamak Lakers and the New Creations Flyers Monday afternoon at the Wabash Valley Classic, Shakamak proved that size isn't everything in a 48-47 win. The Flyers had the obvious height advantage over the Lakers with two starters standing 6 feet 7 inches and one 6 foot 5 inches. The tallest starter for Shakamak is 6 foot 1 inch...
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