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LFD gets new brush truck
(Local News ~ 08/25/04)
Linton Fire Department's new brush truck proved its usefulness right off the bat. "We already used it the first day it was in service," said LFD Chief Lonnie Eberhardt. While the department has an older brush truck, Eberhardt said it's on loan from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and IDNR can borrow it back any time they need it...
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Tough schedule continues to haunt Lady Cardinals
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- It been a struggle through the first four games of the 2004 volleyball season for Bloomfield Cardinals' coach Lu Anne Anderson and it continued on Tuesday with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-19) loss to the Bedford North Lawrence Stars at Glover Gymnasium...
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Walter G. Sutphin
(Obituary ~ 08/25/04)
Walter G. Sutphin, 83, of Linton, passed away at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, 2004 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Feb. 15, 1921 in Dugger, he was the son of Walter M. and Hazel (Gosney) Sutphin. He was a life member of the Navy Sea Bees, serving in the European and Asiatic Pacific Theatre of Operations during World War II. ...
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Francis J. Surelle
(Obituary ~ 08/25/04)
Francis J. Surelle, 79, of Ocala, Fla., and formerly of Fort Wayne, passed away at 7:40 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20, 2004 at Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Fla. He was born April 3, 1925 in Syracuse, New York. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked in maintenance at Magnavox in Fort Wayne for 40 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Ocala and the American Legion in Lake Wales, Fla...
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June Smith
(Obituary ~ 08/25/04)
June Smith, 77, of Linton, passed away at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004, at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born Feb. 1, 1927 in Linton, she was the daughter of Charles F. and Nellie J. (Niton) Auberry. She married Charles W. (Wink) Smith on March 24, 1945...
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Dorothy Mae Rose
(Obituary ~ 08/25/04)
Dorothy Mae Rose, 81, of Indianapolis, passed away at 12:15 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 23, 2004 at her residence. Born Sept. 28, 1922 in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of Curtis and Sara (Beckham) Dearing. She was married to Dwight Rose, who passed away Nov. 1, 1997...
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Leota June "Jeff" Jeffers
(Obituary ~ 08/25/04)
MARTINSVILLE ---- Leota June "Jeff" Jeffers, 86, of Martinsville, passed away at 4:04 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born Oct. 9, 1917 in Linton, she was the daughter of Harlen Edward Risher and Blanche (Booker) Risher...
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Pauline Ranard McDonald Bledsoe
(Obituary ~ 08/25/04)
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. ---- Pauline Ranard McDonald Bledsoe, 96, of Bentley Village, Naples, Fla., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004 just two days shy of her 97th birthday. She had been a resident of Naples since 1979 and a winter resident since 1968, coming from New Castle. She was born Aug. 12, 1907 in Linton, a daughter of the late A.B. and Lena (Ranard) McDonald...
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Meeting set up to discuss fee
(Local News ~ 08/25/04)
Are you confused about the purpose and the need for the proposed $24 a year fee that will finance the future operation of the Greene County Solid Waste Management District now that tipping fee revenue from disposal fees at the former Republic Landfill have ended?...
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Black Creek Festival this weekend
(Local News ~ 08/25/04)
For sports, entertainment and good food, including homemade ice cream and pies, join the festivities at the Black Creek Festival at Anderson Park in Sandborn this weekend. The festival sponsored by the Sandborn Lions Club (SLC) will open with a meal Friday at 4 p.m. and will continue through Sunday afternoon...
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Petro's hopes to be full back by Labor Day
(Local News ~ 08/25/04)
Petro's Tire Sales and Service hopes to be fully back in business, after the July 1 fire, at its new location at 189 SE Third St. in Linton by Labor Day, according to manager Bob Dean. "We are just now starting to get the equipment back in," Dean said...
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Newberry Festival this weekend
(Local News ~ 08/25/04)
By Nick Schneider, STAFF WRITER A small Greene County community located on the banks of the west fork of the White River in Cass Township promises to be a busy place with plenty of activity this weekend as the 13th annual Newberry Festival takes center stage...
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Bloomfield couple has trouble with roof
(Local News ~ 08/25/04)
Reed and Cindy Wilkinson are like many Bloomfield area residents. They suffered extensive damage to their home during the May 27 storm that pelted part of Greene County with quarter to golf-ball sized hail. However, their story takes some dips, bends and detours that most other individuals didn't have to experience...
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Police search Lyons home
(Local News ~ 08/25/04)
A team of officers from the Indiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation unit and troopers at the Bloomington post converged on the residence of a former Lyons town marshal Tuesday afternoon to serve a search warrant in support of a variety of felony criminal charges...
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Thunderbirds take SWIAC match from WRV
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/04)
SWITZ CITY ---- Tuesday night's high school volleyball match between White River Valley and Eastern Greene was a key conference meeting for both teams with the Thunderbirds pulling out the victory in dramatic style by winning three of the five games. The scores were 25-19, 17-25, 25-20, 20-25, and 15-8...
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