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Fluoride survey 'very close,' mayor says
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
The question of whether or not Linton will add fluoride to its water is still being debated. At Monday night's Linton City Council meeting, mayor Tom Jones ---- noting that residents have a chance to show approval or disapproval of fluoridation by answering a survey question on their April utility bills ---- said, "It's going well," but added that many of the utility bills/surveys haven't come back in yet. ...
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Boyd's coming back to Union
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
Iowa Hawkeye and 2000 Union high school graduate Brody Boyd will return with his fellow senior Hawkeyes to compete in an exhibition game on Sunday, May 16 beginning at 1:00 pm at the high school gymnasium. The seniors have been touring Iowa - playing exhibition basketball game and will play in Illinois on May 15 before heading to Union...
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Bulldogs tear into Lawrenceville
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
The Union Bulldogs picked up a much needed road win over Lawrenceville, Il on Friday, 2-0. The Bulldogs scored their only runs in the first inning. They finished with six hits and one error. Lawrenceville had three errors and no errors Winning pitcher was Jenna Laxton. She is now 8-3. Nikki Duckworth had two singled and Stacey Secrest had a triple...
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Eastern splits weekend tourney
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds claimed a 1-1 record at a three team tournament held by Washington Catholic Saturday in high school baseball action. The T-Birds opened with a win over the host Cardinals, and prevailed, 6-1. Jason Clark improved his record to 4-1 by going the distance and giving up only one base hit and striking out 10...
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Golf roundup
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
LINTON - The Linton Miners scored another win on the golf course by defeating both North Knox and White River Valley. Drew Dunkerly's 36 was the low score for the Miners' team total of 153. J.T. Nickless finished with a 38 for North Knox's low scorer. The Warriors finished in second place with a score of 166...
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Inaugural class of baseball Hall of Fame
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
Sports Editor's Note: The following is just a portion of information provided to the Daily Citizen/ Evening World on each inductee for Linton's Baseball class of 2004 Roy Herndon - Linton's Mr. Baseball, Roy Herndon, died 17 years ago on September 17, 1987. ...
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Lakers claim TRC title
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
LINTON - A horrific collision by Shakamak's Matt Davis and Linton's Jimmy Colvin sent Colvin to the hospital after being unconscious for several minutes in the fifth inning. The play occurred when Colvin was attempting to swipe second base, but Davis was forced to leap in the air to get the ball thrown from the catcher Jeremy Stevenson...
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Wolverines playing strong heading into tough week
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
The White River Valley Wolverines took care of business last Friday before a tough week of tennis by defeating the Owen Valley Patriots, 4-1. The only loss for the Wolverines came in No. 2 singles where Amanda Gehring succumbed to Owen Valley's Casey Litton, 7-5, 6-2...
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Linton's track teams win Tri-River Conference
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
LINTON - The Linton Miners' girls' track team left little doubt they are the top track and team in the Tri-River Conference meet with a dominating performance on Friday at Linton. The girls scored 224 points, followed by Clay City 115 in second place. North Central was third with 66, while Eminence (66), and Shakamak (19) brought up the rear...
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Wolverines serve up win over Edgewood
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
ELLETSVILLE - The White River Valley girls tennis team defeated the Edgewood Mustangs, 4-1, on the road on Monday. At number 1 singles, Kyla Brown of White River Valley defeated Jenny Mazur, 6-4, 6-4. The only win for the Mustangs came at number 2 singles where WRV's Amanda Gehring was bested by Missy O'Brien, 6-3, 6-1...
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White River Valley tops Jug Rox
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
SWITZ CITY - There was no shortage of runs and hits, as the Shoals Jug Rox and the White River Valley Wolverines combined for 34 runs and 26 hits a high school baseball slugfest played at Switz City on Monday. The Wolverines pounded out 15 of the 26 hits and used an eight run second and a nine run fourth to distant themselves from the Rox for a 19-15 win...
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Bonnie M. Sutherlin
(Obituary ~ 05/11/04)
BLOOMINGTON ---- Bonnie M. Sutherlin, 67, of Bloomington, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2004, at Bloomington Hospital. Born Oct, 6, 1936, in Monroe County, she was the daughter of Glen H. and Wilma (Shields) Crouch. She was a homemaker, and was a retired employee of the Monroe County Community School Corporation food service and served with her husband at the Woodhaven Christian Church in his ministry. ...
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LeRoy Jensen
(Obituary ~ 05/11/04)
LeRoy Jensen, 80, of Linton passed away at 8:35 p.m. Sunday, May 9, 2004 at CORE Nursing Home in Bedford. Born June 1, 1923 in Port Clinton, Ohio, he was the son of Hans C. and Karen (Hansen) Jensen. He was married to Sibyl Rose (Anderson) Jensen. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a production engineer for NWSC Crane. He attended the Bloomfield First Presbyterian Church and was a member of Bloomfield Masonic Lodge 84...
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Shakamak State Park used as research site
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
TERRE HAUTE ---- By the time billions of periodic cicadas announce their arrival later this month in a chorus ---- some might say cacophony ---- of sound, the bugs may have already exerted their greatest impact on the trees that serve as their hosts, suggests preliminary research at Indiana State University...
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Cullison files suit against humane society
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
A Linton man is representing himself in a lawsuit against a local non-profit organization. Dan Cullison filed the lawsuit in Greene Superior Court on Friday over incidents that allegedly occurred between Jan. 1, 2001 and Sept. 1, 2002. In his complaint, Cullison alleges that Linda Felker, as president of the Greene County Humane Society and the Greene County Humane Society made statements with "the deliberate intent to cause Cullison injury and drive him out of the commercial dog breeding business.". ...
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Linton donates money to help Crane
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
The city of Linton has donated $1,000 to the Southern Indiana Business Alliance (SIBA) in support of its efforts to keep Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, open. SIBA is working to show NSWC Crane's regional and national importance. Linton mayor Tom Jones presented the check to SIBA member Nyle Riegle recently. Riegle is from Linton...
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Mayor, attorney outline revisions in ordinance
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
Tim Shonk, the attorney for the city of Linton, and mayor Tom Jones outlined revisions to a proposed new ordinance dealing with mobile homes at the Linton City Council meeting Monday night. Earlier this year Jones explained the city "is not out to take anybody's home away from them or to eliminate entrepreneurs ... we're out to make our neighborhoods better ... to give people a better place to live."...
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Hostettler wants to delay BRAC
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
WASHINGTON, D.C. ---- U.S. Rep. John Hostettler on Thursday voted to delay the next base realignment and closure (BRAC) round for two years. In the Readiness Subcommittee, Hostettler voted for a portion of the Fiscal Year 2005 Defense Authorization bill that included a legislative provision to suspend the 2005 BRAC round until 2007...
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Jasonville City Council meets
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
JASONVILLE ---- Since the Jasonville Police Department began tagging vehicles in April it has removed or had stored properly 55 vehicles. Jasonville Police Chief Rick VanHorn reported to the Jasonville City Council on Monday night that the effort to clean up disabled vehicles valued at $500 or less is "going pretty good."...
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Area mothers honored in Lyons
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
LYONS ---- It was a rainbow of color in the activity room at the Lyons Health and Living Center on Friday as 30 residents enjoyed the annual Mother's Day Tea. Fresh flowers decorated tables, and beautiful handmade corsages were pinned on each resident. ...
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Education key to fighting meth problem
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
A local drug abuse committee is hoping that public education can be a viable weapon in the war against methamphetamine use and abuse in Greene County. A methamphetamine informational session for professionals who work with families is slated for June 8 at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service at the fairgrounds...
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NESC School Board meets
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
HYMERA ---- The Northeast Sullivan School Corporation dealt with familiar budget issues at Monday night's Board of School Trustees meeting. "I stated earlier this year that I didn't think we would have to borrow any more money, but the (property) tax bills in Sullivan County are not going out on time. ...
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Myers to head statewide look at backyard burning
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
A new statewide public education campaign against backyard burning with local leadership ties will be launched Thursday in Indianapolis ---- the result of cooperative effort of 25 different solid waste districts. Greene County Solid Waste Director Jeff Myers is heading up the Indiana Illegal Burning Task Force that is collaborating with the Indiana Environmental Management Agency (IDEM) and the Indiana Asthma Coalition in this effort...
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Relay for Life fundraiser off to a good start
(Local News ~ 05/11/04)
Pre-Greene County Relay for Life activities on Saturday raised $1,675 for the battle against cancer. The Fourth Annual Grocer's Fight Cancer Day at Angell's Food Center in Linton raised $1,265. Angell's hosted a ribeye cookout in the parking lot of their Linton store and donated $1 from each sandwich, chip and drink meal served between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to the Greene County Chapter of the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life...
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Wolverines drop two over the weekend
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/04)
It was a tough two game stretch for Eric Lyons and the White River Valley Wolverines. On Friday, WRV traveled to Elnora and lost 13-3 to the North Daviess Cougars. On Saturday, the Mitchell Bluejackets were the second team to take out the Wolverines, 14-4, at Mitchell...
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