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Contests help promote awareness of disabilities
(Local News ~ 04/01/04)
Four Rivers Resource Services recently sponsored a coloring contest for Linton-Stockton Elementary School students and an essay contest for high school students to promote awareness of disabilities ---- and acceptance. "It's basically to promote community involvement, to get the younger kids to realize that children with disabilities, even though they're different, we're all alike," said Judy Cox, the recruitment and training manager for Four Rivers' Community Living Division...
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Marian L. Holtsclaw
(Obituary ~ 04/01/04)
Marian L. Holtsclaw, 91, of Bloomfield, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 10:41 p.m. at Bloomington Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins & Sons Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Frank Richard Dixon, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/01/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Frank Richard Dixon, Sr., 83, of Bloomfield, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2004, at 11:04 p.m. at Bloomington Hospital. Born Nov. 2, 1920 in Bloomfield, he was the son of Forrest and Blanche (Smith) Dixon. He was a retired sonar technician for NWSC Crane, a U.S. ...
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Elizabeth "Betty" Bledsoe
(Obituary ~ 04/01/04)
Elizabeth "Betty" Bledsoe, 90, of Oaktown and formerly of Vincennes, passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 1:37 a.m. at Oak Village Nursing Home in Oaktown. Born Nov. 23, 1913 in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Alvin and Mae (Howard) Stuller...
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Patterson helps family cope
(Local News ~ 04/01/04)
L&M High School graduate Tony Patterson has been part of the largest medical malpractice lawsuit in the state. Patterson is an attorney with the Lebanon/Indianapolis-based Parr Richey Obremskey & Morton, a firm specializing in personal injury cases including medical malpractice. Partners, Patterson and Pete Obremskey, who concentrate in personal injury litigation, including brain and spinal cord injuries, tried the case...
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Students help making reading fun
(Local News ~ 04/01/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The students were sitting scattered around on the floor in Sue Ellen Barker's classroom Wednesday afternoon. Was it because the first graders at Bloomfield Elementary School were on a sit-down strike? No, the students were actually enjoying reading with several fourth-grade students from Susie Riggs' class...
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Burris couple return to Dugger, open business
(Local News ~ 04/01/04)
DUGGER ---- Bob and Beverly Burris are back in town and preparing to do what they enjoy the most ---- run a flower shop. Today, Friday and Saturday marks the opening of Flowers and Gifts By Burris and Ward, on State Road 54 in Dugger. Refreshments will be served and a free flower given to the first 200 people...
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Fish fry set for Friday
(Local News ~ 04/01/04)
On Friday, the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce is holding a fish fry in Humphreys Park, but this one has a unique side dish ---- a helicopter. Tammy Martin, executive director of the Chamber, explained that the fish fry is a way of raising money for the fireworks display at the annual Freedom Festival. Tickets for the fish fry, available at the Chamber office or from Chamber members, are $7 for adults. Children age 11 and under eat for only $4...
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Pride Day to focus on cleaning up Linton
(Local News ~ 04/01/04)
Pride Day No. 1 is scheduled for April 17 in Linton ---- the first of three clean-up days set by Linton mayor Tom Jones. Jones' plan calls for the city to be divided into three sections ---- one section for each Pride Day scheduled ---- "in order to make Linton cleaner and a nicer place to live and for folks to visit," said Jones...
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West Vigo escapes Linton with victory over Miners
(High School Sports ~ 04/01/04)
It was a cold, wet, and gloomy afternoon, but the Linton Miners and the West Vigo Vikings met in high school softball action in Linton on Wednesday. West Vigo scored two runs, both on Miners' errors, and it ended up being more than enough for the Vikings' junior pitcher as West Vigo escaped with a 2-0 victory over the Miners...
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