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Process may help Crane in the long run
(Local News ~ 08/18/04)
Five-term U.S. Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind.) says he believes that Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center will emerge from the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process positioned stronger from a military standpoint. He also foresees it becoming an even larger Department of Defense installation...
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Lakers' win over Bloomfield ends years of frustration for program
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/04)
SHAKAMAK ---- Tuesday, August 17 marked a big night for the 2004 Shakamak Volleyball team. On opening night of there varsity schedule, coach Jeri Morin led her Lady Lakers to an exciting 3-2 decision over the Bloomfield Cardinals in Jasonville. "It is important to start the season with a win. Especially since forever this has been the first game on the season and it has been a big L in the column. This win was one of our goals that we set for this season," noted Morin...
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Donnie O. Payne
(Obituary ~ 08/18/04)
LOUISVILLE, Ill. ---- Donnie O. Payne, 53, of Louisville, Ill., passed away at 8:26 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004 at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Ill. Born July 23, 1951 in Effingham, Ill., he was the son of Maurice O. and Arlene (Stipp) Payne...
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Malcolm A. Burch
(Obituary ~ 08/18/04)
CRANE ---- Malcolm A. Burch, 74, of Crane, passed away at 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 16, 2004 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Born Jan. 18, 1930 in Toledo, Ohio, he was the son of John and Velma (Corlett) Burch. He married Judith (White) Burch on May 25, 1974...
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District's future discussed at meeting
(Local News ~ 08/18/04)
The future operation of the Greene County Solid Waste District and how to finance it dominated Tuesday's SWMD board meeting. By state statute, the county is mandated to operate a Solid Waste Management District. However, the level of minimum services offered is not outlined by state officials...
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Third 'Pride Day' scheduled
(Local News ~ 08/18/04)
The third and final community "Pride Day" in Linton will be Aug. 28. During the week leading up to Pride Day, residents living between Fourth Street/County Road 1175 West and Lone Tree Road/1000 West and between the Illinois Central Railroad tracks and the city limits to the north can have items picked up that normally wouldn't be recyclable...
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Meeting to help answer questions
(Local News ~ 08/18/04)
Want to know more about the proposed recycling fee or do you need to have some questions answered about what services are offered by the county solid waste management district? A special public forum meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Aug. 26 in the community room at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service building at the fairgrounds...
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Bench to grace Rotary Park in memory of Pauline Hodges
(Local News ~ 08/18/04)
Pretty much anyone who's worked in downtown Linton knew Pauline Hodges, so it seems fitting that a bench will be placed in Main Street's Rotary Park in her name. Hodges worked downtown, cleaning local businesses. She walked to the Post Office and The Linton Daily Citizen every day to check her mail and pick up a newspaper. The civic fixture died of cancer in April, and her brothers and sisters approached city and Rotary officials about dedicating a bench to the downtown park in her name...
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Concerns about fee offered
(Local News ~ 08/18/04)
A proposed $24 a year fee that will finance the operation of the Greene County Solid Waste Management District, now that tipping fee revenue from disposal fees at the former Republic Landfill have ended, drew considerable comment from about a dozen residents who attended a Tuesday morning meeting at the courthouse...
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Greene County Commissioners meet
(Local News ~ 08/18/04)
The Greene County Commissioners signed a resolution Tuesday morning to become the official sponsor of a Community Focus Grant to assist Jackson Township in the purchase a new fire truck. The commissioners are required to sponsor applications for the Community Focus Grants through the Indiana Department of Commerce that are made by governmental entities in unincorporated areas of the county, according to Rhonda Rumple, a representative of Southern Indiana Development Commission, which is administering the grant.. ...
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Miners open season with road loss to Barr-Reeve
(High School Sports ~ 08/18/04)
MONTGOMERY ---- It wasn't quite the start that Linton tennis coach Brad McKinney had in mind. With an experience team returning from last year's squad, coach McKinney was hoping his team would be able to find a way to win big meets like the one Linton faced Tuesday in Montgomery against the Barr-Reeve Vikings...
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