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Feds give OK for I-69
(Local News ~ 03/30/04)
WASHINGTON ---- The Federal Highway Administration has put its stamp of approval on I-69, using Alternative 3C, which will link Evansville and Indianapolis ---- paving the way for the new corridor after years of debate. Gov. Joe Kernan, Robert F. Tally Jr., division administrator of the FHWA, and J. Bryan Nicol, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation, met with state and local officials Monday afternoon in Washington to make the announcement...
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AP names All-State team
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/04)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- Greg Oden's best days in basketball may still be ahead of him. The 7-foot, 245-pound center, the top scorer and rebounder for Lawrence North's Class 4A champion Wildcats and still just a sophomore, already appears destined for stardom...
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Lester A. Carrico
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
BICKNELL ---- Lester A. Carrico, 86, of Bicknell, passed away Saturday, March 27, 2004 at 12:40 p.m. at his residence. Born Dec. 29, 1917 in Sandborn, he was the son of Ira Lester and Emma Frances (Riggle) Carrico. He was retired from the U.S. Postal Service in Indianapolis after 13 years; he served in the U.S. ...
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Michael Allen Bland
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Michael Allen Bland, 47, of Linton, passed on Saturday, March 27, 2004 at 2:56 a.m. at his residence. Born Nov. 3, 1956 in Columbus, he was the son of Ronald and Carolyn (Wools) Bland. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Frank Courtney American Legion Post 22 in Linton...
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Edith M. Baker
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Edith M. Baker, 84, of Bloomfield, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Dec. 12, 1919, in Newark, she was the daughter of Aaron L. and Opal (Hart) Arthur. She was retired from the Crane Federal Credit Union and a member of Bloomfield Baptist Church...
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Committee hires consulting firm
(Local News ~ 03/30/04)
The Greene County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) hired a consulting firm Thursday night to complete a mandated annual update to the county's Hazardous Materials Incidence Plan. Ken Rogers of Title 3 Support Services, located in Ellettsville, will be paid a $1,000 fee to make the necessary updates to the county's "haz-mat" plan prior to Oct. 17 deadline imposed by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)...
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Three still in jail following weekend incidents
(Local News ~ 03/30/04)
Three Linton residents remain in the Greene County Jail following two separate incidents over the weekend. Michelle D. Gennicks a.k.a Michelle D. Walton, 35, is facing a charge of residential entry. According to a probable cause report filed in Greene Superior Court by Linton Officer Gary Tannehill, he was called to a residence at R.R. 2 on Friday at approximately 7 p.m...
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WRV-Lyons students get guest teacher
(Local News ~ 03/30/04)
When White River Valley-Lyons music and band students walked into class Monday they may have been expecting ' Franklin, their regular teacher. But instead they had the distinct pleasure of having Mark Vail preside over their class. "Mark is a West coast writer/journalist/musician/clinician," explained Franklin...
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Possible surgery gives hope to Lyons man
(Local News ~ 03/30/04)
It has been a long and painful seven years since Jamie Hutcherson was struck on the head by a 50-pound bag of seed corn that fell from a malfunctioning conveyer belt at Pioneer Seed Corn near Worthington. The 1997 accident knocked the 20-year-old Lyons resident unconscious and left him with two herniated disks in his lower spine. ...
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Errors cost Miners in season opener
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/04)
VINCENNES ---- Linton baseball coach Bart Berns knew his team would struggle early. On Monday, his team traveled to South Knox for the opener of the 2004 baseball season. Just as Berns predicted, the Miners struggled throughout the game, digging themselves in a hole that they were unable to get out of, en route to a 12-5 defeat by the Spartans...
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