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Union Planters merges with Regions
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
Regions Financial Corporation and Union Planters Corporation have signed a merger agreement ---- meaning Union Planters Bank in Linton will offer the same financial and banking services as always, with the partnership creating the 12th largest bank holding company nationwide, in terms of deposits...
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Irvin Ray Earle
(Obituary ~ 01/29/04)
Irvin Ray Earle, 71, of Linton, died at his residence at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Born May 6, 1932, in Linton, he was the son of Charles Earle and Salome Goodson Earle. He was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Linton, and was a retired electrician for the city of Linton...
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Angeleana Fiscus
(Obituary ~ 01/29/04)
WORTHINGTON ---- Angeleana Fiscus, 84, of Worthington, died at 12:26 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, at Hancock Memorial Hospital in Greenfield, Ind. Funeral arrangements are pending at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home in Worthington.
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John Haldeman
(Obituary ~ 01/29/04)
CANTON, Texas ---- John Haldeman, 80, of Canton, Texas, died Jan. 27, 2004 in Canton (VanZandt County). Born Oct. 10, 1923, in Worthington, he was the son of Dewey and Mary Olive Harshman Haldeman. He was a Methodist by faith. He graduated in 1942 and lived in Worthington until he joined the service. ...
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Kenneth L. Harris
(Obituary ~ 01/29/04)
WORTHINGTON ---- Kenneth L. Harris, 83, of Worthington, died at 8:55 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born June 19, 1920, in Greene County, he was the son of Lee and Blanche (Sesney) Harris. He owned and operated Harris's Tractor and Mower Shop in Clay City for 18 years, moving back to Worthington in 1974. Before that he operated a Huckster Wagon around the Worthington and Clay City areas. After moving back to Worthington he mowed yards...
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Philip R. Wall
(Obituary ~ 01/29/04)
Philip R. Wall, 83, of Linton, died at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 28, 2004, in Greene County General Hospital. Born in Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 28, 1920, he was the son of George Lee Wall and Phyllis A. McCormick Wall. He was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. ...
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Bloomfield begins stretch run without Neill
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/04)
Bloomfield will have a new look for its two games this weekend and it's not something the Cards are looking forward to. The eighth-ranked Cardinals (12-4) will host North Central (2-10) on Friday, then entertain North Daviess (6-7) on Saturday for homecoming. The Cards will do so while senior, three-year starter Jon Neill recovers in Indianapolis from an early Monday morning surgery at the Indiana University Medical Center...
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Carmichael has big game; Austin Peay 8-0 in OVC
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/04)
Levi Carmichael and the Austin Peay Governors are both doing extremely well. The Governors lead the Ohio Valley Conference with an 8-0 record and Carmichael recently enjoyed his best game of the season. Carmichael, a junior guard, came off the bench last Thursday to tally a team-high 13 points in Austin Peay's 64-57 triumph over Eastern Illinois. ...
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Records of sectional teams give Linton and Eastern hope
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/04)
Linton is 5-8 and playing almost all sophomores. Eastern is 5-10 and the T-Birds have had to jumble their lineup time and time again due to injuries and illnesses. In most seasons the Miners and T-Birds might just be playing out the string without much chance at success in March, but this isn't most seasons...
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Barbara Jean Clinton
(Obituary ~ 01/29/04)
Barbara Jean Clinton, 66, of Fishers, Ind., died Jan. 28, 2004 at Riverview Hospital in Noblesville. She was the daughter of Rolland "Red" and Virginia Muir of Hamilton County. Survivors include her father; special friend Bennie Sorrells; her children, Cathy Renner of Noblesville, Carol Schinholt of Lapel, Mary Clinton of Ohio; a son, Mike Clinton of Fishers; sisters Nancy Cox and Patty McMillan of Worthington, Louise Neal of Noblesville, Jane Downs of Westfield; a brother, Ed Muir of Noblesville; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.. ...
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Students to learn about jazz
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
Thousands of elementary school students in Greene, Monroe, Brown, Lawrence and Owen counties will benefit from a new "Jazz in the Schools" program sponsored by the Bloomington Arts Council. Thanks to grants form the Pacers Foundation, Inc. ...
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Property tax bills to be mailed soon
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
The long-awaited county property tax bills will be in the mail by sometime next week, according to Greene County Treasurer Carolyn White. On Wednesday morning, White said her staff was printing the bills and stuffing the envelopes, with some welcomed help from the county auditor's office...
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Alexander back in court today
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
A Linton man convicted of murdering his wife was scheduled to be in Greene Circuit Court this afternoon for his sentencing. James Alexander was found guilty of murdering his wife, Mary (Bland) Alexander, by shooting her in the head at close range with a single barrel .12 gauge shotgun during the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 13, 2002...
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State certifies tax rates
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
The Indiana Department of Local Government Finance has certified Greene County's 2003 payable in 2004 tax rates ---- finally. Across the board, the rates are lower in all 23 city, town and township taxing units. But Greene County Auditor David Bailey cautioned that the rates are down because the assessed valuation is up as a result of the current reassessment meaning some tax bills will not be lower...
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New vehicles to help sheriff's department
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Did you get hung up in your vehicle during the recent winter storm? Most of us have either front-wheel drive vehicles or four-wheel drive vehicles so we were able to get around. But what do you do when the very ones who are to help you can't because they are driving a rear-wheel drive vehicle?...
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Lyons council gets water system evaluation
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
LYONS ---- Richard Burch from Midwestern Engineers presented an evaluation of the water system to the Lyons Town Council on Wednesday night. Burch explained that engineers evaluated the whole system. They looked at wells, the treatment plant, and the distribution system, including storage, and said Lyons could consider several options in their water system improvement plan...
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City Slickers Pizzaria opens in Linton
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
City Slickers Pizzaria, on State Road 54E in Linton, opened the last week of December. The owner, Russ Hertaus, is originally from northwest Indiana, but has lived in the Greene County area about two years. "I thought Linton would appreciate the Chicago-style recipes," Hertaus said. "It's a little bit larger portions than you might find in some other pizzas."...
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Fred Place elected to board
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
Fred A. Place of Fred A. Place Accounting, LLCPA, Linton, was recently elected to serve a term on the Indiana Chapter Board of the National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP). As a Chapter Board Member, Place will bring leadership on a state-wide level to network tax professionals together to share information, concerns, offer education, and to follow state tax legislation issues...
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Linton-Stockton Chamber off to a good start
(Local News ~ 01/29/04)
We're off and running. This past week was our kick off for 2004 with the annual dinner and awards banquet and from the feedback we've received, we are off to a really great start. A special thanks to those who made this possible. Our Corporate Sponsors were: Bloomfield State Bank, 1st Security Insurance, Greene County General Hospital, Hicom, Inc., Linton Daily Citizen, Linton Sears, Peoples Trust Company, Tracy D. Keen - State Farm Insurance, and Union Planters Bank...
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Lady Cards tame Cougars with first half defense
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/04)
Bloomfield made a strong defensive stand against host North Daviess on Wednesday, limiting the Lady Cougars to just 12 first half points in the Lady Cards' 55-46 triumph. The victory evened Bloomfield's record at 9-9 and gave them a winning mark (4-3) in conference play. The loss dropped the Cougars to 7-11, 3-4...
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