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Advance party returns home Sunday
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
The first of the National Guard troops from the 1-152nd Infantry are back home in Indiana after serving for more than 13 months as part of the United States' military action dubbed "Operation Iraqi Freedom." An advance party of seven 1-152nd National Guardsmen arrived at Indianapolis International Airport about 8:30 p.m. ...
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Phillip S. Rinsch
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Phillip S. Rinsch, 52, of rural Lyons and formerly of Freelandville, died at 3:15 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004 in Bloomington Hospital. Born in Vincennes, he was the son of Paul and Eva M. (Coleman) Rinsch. He graduated from North Knox High School and Indiana State University. He was a retired farmer...
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William K. Street
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
William K. Street, 90, of Madison and formerly of Bloomfield, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2003 at The Medical Center of Southern Indiana in Charlestown. Born April 10, 1913 in Greene County, he was the son of Wilbur and Letha Anderson Street. A self-employed chef, he also formerly operated a window cleaning business in Bloomington, Martinsville and Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended the Bloomington Seventh Day Adventist Church...
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Una Willoughby
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Una Willoughby, 76, of Carlisle, passed away at her residence Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004 at 10:45 p.m. She was born in Perry County, Ky., the daughter of Arnold West and Rettie Barger. She is survived by her mother, Rettie West of Scottsburg; husband, James Willoughby of Carlisle; two sons, John Willoughby of Carlisle and Rick Willoughby of Naples, Fla.; five daughters, Jo Ann Starker and Linda Mothershed of Inverness, Fla., Lois Nance of Branden, Fla., Vicki Stanley and Jessie Alice McKinnon of Indianapolis; four brothers, Haiger West, Wayne West, and Walter West of Austin, and Ova West of Stilesville; one sister, Geraldine Jones of Austin; 18 grandchildren; and 21 great grandchildren.. ...
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Miners lose lead, OT game to South Knox
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/04)
The Linton Miners let an 11-point lead in regulation slip away to the South Knox Spartans who won in over-time 52-47. The frigid weather that gave the citizens of Linton a shock after living comfortably during a mild winter seemed to find its way into the gymnasium halfway through the fourth period...
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New look Cards squeak out OT win
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/04)
Not even homecoming nor Jon Neill's appearance at the end of the bench were enough to make Bloomfield play at any sort of comfort level against North Daviess on Saturday. The eighth-ranked Cardinals (13-4) won 32-26 in overtime by scoring the last nine points of the game, but they sure didn't make it look easy...
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Bloomfield seniors know they must give greater effort
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/04)
Jon Neill, Nathan O'Neall and Corey Sparks are senior tri-captains for the Bloomfield basketball team. When it came time to meet with the officials at Glover Gymnasium on Saturday before the Cards took on North Daviess, Neill was present, but in street clothes at the end of the bench...
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Lady Miners and Bulldogs draw sectional byes
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/04)
While the Clay City Sectional will be completely wide open without a true favorite, the teams at the North Knox Sectional will all be chasing the host Lady Warriors, who happen to be the top-ranked team in Class 2A. The girls sectional pairings were made on Sunday. While Bloomfield, White River Valley, Shakamak and Union play in the 1A field at Clay City, Eastern and Linton play at North Knox...
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Shakamak scores TRC victory over T-Birds
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/04)
JASONVILLE----In a 72-52 victory over the North Central Thunderbirds, every player for the Shakamak Lakers scored at least two points. "We've had 40 minutes of practice in seven days," Shakamak Coach Ernie Maesch said. Due to snow and ice, Shakamak missed four days of school last week. The only day school was in session was Thursday...
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James W. Poynter
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
James W. Poynter, 57, of Larado, Texas and formerly from Indiana, died Jan. 31, 2004 at the Doctors Hospital in Larado. Born Jan. 5, 1947, in Bobtown, Ky., he was the son of Alonzo and Maggie Poynter Burnett. He was a longtime truck driver and mechanic. He was an avid NASCAR fan...
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Billy L. Miller
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Billy L. Miller, 76, of Linton, passed away on Friday, Jan. 30, 2004 at 4:18 p.m. in Greene County General Hospital. He was born on May 12, 1927 in Clay City to Ralph R. and Roslea Flynn Miller. He had owned and operated a pottery factory in Arizona. He was a veteran of the Korean War and was a member of the Frank Courtney American Legion Post 22 in Linton...
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Norman J. Hines
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Norman J. Hines, 80, Terre Haute died Friday, Jan. 30 at his residence. Born Nov. 28, 1923 in Sullivan County, he was the son of Albert and Edna Wolfe Hines. He was a World War II veteran of the 8th U.S. Air Corps assigned to the 95th Bomb Group 334th Squadron that was downed by enemy fire on May 29, 1944. ...
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Zitterman, Bixler's lives have changed
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- When Ronald Tomich was shot to death in his Linton home many lives were changed forever. In July, Melissa Zitterman, 16 of Linton, admitted to shooting to death Tomich and was sentenced to 30 years in prison with 10 years suspended as part of a negotiated plea agreement. After serving her sentence, she will be on supervised probation for 10 years...
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Church helps family in time of need
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
PLEASANTVILLE ---- You've heard the saying if life hands you lemons, make lemonade? A Sullivan County church Saturday night held a benefit soup supper for a local family ---- but instead of lemonade, they made soup. And they fought racism. The Pleasantville United Methodist Church conduct the supper for the William and Regina Colon family. ...
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Alarm, son save woman from fire
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
A pre-dawn fire in record sub-zero weather conditions destroyed a rural Bloomfield residence, but luckily the lone occupant was able to escape unharmed. Richland-Taylor Volunteer Fire Department members, with help from fire crew from Bloomfield and Owensburg, battled the blaze for more than five hours, but Virginia Combs lost all the possessions in her house, located on CR. 410E, near Koleen...
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Sheriffs' association offers scholarship
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Many high school seniors are spending a majority of their time filling out college applications and scholarship applications as they make plans for next fall. Greene County Sheriff Leon Allen has some good news for those seniors thinking about a career in law enforcement...
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Skeel to run for re-election
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
George Skeel is seeking re-election to the Linton-Stockton School Board, for District 1. Skeel has served on the school board for the past 12 years. Skeel, 65, is proud of the fact that during those years he has only missed one school board meeting...
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Vincennes men face drug-related charges
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
Two Vincennes men are facing drug-related charges after their arrest Friday that followed the investigation into the theft of anhydrous ammonia from a rural Edwardsport business the night before. Charles W. Graham Jr., 37, and Marvin Robinson, 32, both of Vincennes, are facing drug-related charges after Indiana State Police and Bicknell City Police followed up on the theft of anhydrous ammonia from Hammelman Nitrate, 10517 N. Freelandville Road...
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Dorothy Brady
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Dorothy Brady, 95, of Linton, passed away at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004 at Glenburn Nursing Home. Arrangements are pending at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home Linton Chapel.
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Loretta June Hair
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Loretta June Hair, 73, Jasonville died Friday, Jan. 30 at Sullivan Community Hospital. Born Feb. 2, 1930 in Jasonville, she was the daughter of Claude Edmondson and Bernice McCarthy Edmondson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Jasonville American Legion Auxiliary No. 172...
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WRV pushes toward conference title
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/04)
Second-ranked White River Valley moved a step closer to the SWIAC championship by defeating Clay City for the second time this season, winning 54-49 to ruin the Eels homecoming on Saturday. WRV (13-2) improved to 4-0 in the SWIAC, while Clay City (9-6) fell out of contention at 3-2...
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