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Red Cross promotes being ready
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
Linton Mayor Tom Jones on Thursday joined the American Red Cross Wabash Valley Chapter in declaring September "Disaster Preparedness Month." Jones signed a proclamation for Tammy Young, Greene County's Wabash Valley Red Cross coordinator...
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Stanton selected for team
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
CASEY, Ill. ---- Denny Throneburg, General Manager and coach of the practice factory first class pitching elite softball showcase, announced the selection of local softball player Sasha Stanton to the 2004 Fall Elite Softball Team. Stanton attends Union High School where she is a member of the softball team. ...
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Lakers pick up another win
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
The eighth-ranked Shakamak Lakers picked up another win, this time at North Knox, with a thrilling five game win over the Warriors, 21-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-19, 10-15, on Thursday. Jenna Barton finished with 12 kills. Michelle Betts had five points, one ace, two kills and two digs. ...
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Eastern Greene tops Brown County in volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- It's been a slow start, but the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds are starting to show signs of a quality volleyball team; just like their first-year coach Gina Ingram knew they could be. On Thursday, the T-Birds picked up a nice win over the Brown County Eagles in three games, 25-20, 25-17, 25-23...
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South gets by Bloomfield in volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Bloomfield Cardinals fought hard, but in the end could not overcome the Bloomington South Panthers as the Lady Cards fell 25-12, 25-18, 25-27, 25-14 in volleyball action at Bloomfield Thursday. "In the first game we just made too many mental errors," said Bloomfield coach Lu Anne Anderson. ...
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Linton girls golf team defeats North Central
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
SULLIVAN ---- Linton's girls golf team has a chance to accomplish something special in its brief two-year history: Finish the regular season with a winning record. The Miners reached the .500 mark with a 231-246 victory over North Central on Thursday at the Sullivan Elks Course...
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Linton gets past South Knox in three games
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
Linton- On Thursday night, the Lady Miners managed to pick up their fourth straight win and remained unbeaten at home as they knocked off sectional foe South Knox in three games by scores of 25-11, 25-13, and 25-16. "We got off to a slow start until midway through the first game," said Lady Miners head coach Jill Powell. "The faster the pace of the game, the better we are. When we have so much down time, I think it takes them out of their momentum and it really affects our play."...
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Linton faces West Vigo tonight
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
LINTON ---- After a better defensive second half, and more efficiant scoring drives in a 27-0 win over Wood Memorial, the Linton-Stockton Miners are hoping all past troubles are just that; in the past. Tonight, the Miners will host the West Vigo Vikings in the first meeting between the two schools in more than 25 years...
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Margaret Virginia Winfrey
(Obituary ~ 09/10/04)
Margaret Virginia Winfrey, 84, of Vicksburg, passed away at 4:35 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Nov. 15, 1919 in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., she was the daughter of Martin Ingvald and Minnie Anna (Hill) Ellingson...
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Lora J. New
(Obituary ~ 09/10/04)
SPENCER ---- Lora J. New, 66, of Spencer, passed away Thursday, Sept. 8, 2004 at her residence. Born June 24, 1938 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Ernest and Dorothy (Linthicum) New. She worked as a cook. She was a 1955 graduate of Spencer High School and attended Highland Faith Assembly...
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Homer S. Cox
(Obituary ~ 09/10/04)
Homer S. Cox, 77, of Jasonville, passed away at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Jan. 6, 1927 in Sullivan, he was the son of Roy Cecil and Holly Muriel (Mowery) Cox. He married Myrtle Fay Orman on Nov. 25, 1948. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He had retired from Peabody Coal Company and attended the South Church of God in Linton and was a member of the Dugger Masonic Lodge F&AM...
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Savannah C. (Campbell) Bough
(Obituary ~ 09/10/04)
Savannah C. (Campbell) Bough, 87, of Bloomington and formerly of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:12 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Aug. 29, 1917 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Tinker and Ona (Frye) Campbell. She was a homemaker and a member of Newark Baptist Church, attended Solsberry United Methodist Church and Willing Workers Club in the Solsberry United Methodist Church...
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New church to have open house
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. - John 14:2--3...
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Linton library board meets
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
The Margaret Cooper Public Library Board of Trustees conducted its annual public hearing for the 2005 budget Thursday night. However, no citizens attended the meeting. The budget hearing was followed by the monthly library board meeting. "I have library statistics for the past six months. ...
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Union High School band to perform at Purdue
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
The Union High School Band is going to college this weekend, Big Ten style. The Bulldog band will march onto the field at Purdue University's Ross-Ade Stadium Saturday during halftime with the 340-member Purdue All-American Marching Band and more than 1,300 other high-school students from 25 bands. The game, which pits the Boilermakers against the Ball State University Cardinals, coincides with the national observance of the 9/11 tragedies, so the combined bands will play patriotic tunes...
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Mobile home ordinance now in enforcement
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
The city of Linton is prepared to start enforcing a mobile home ordinance passed in June. "It's going to give people a good place to live," said Mayor Tom Jones. "It's not a revenue generator." He said the ordinance took four months to pass because the Linton City Council wanted to be sure it'd be good for the city and its residents. ...
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Woodland Bible Camp to celebrate 50th anniversary
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
Saturday will mark Woodland Bible Camp's 50th year celebration. The camp, an affiliation of the Church of Christ, originally started at Linton's Humphreys Park in 1954. Now campers come to the scenic 31-acres of campsite located between Linton and Dugger seeking a religious good-time...
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County Council reaches its goal with cuts
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
The annual county budget review process is now history. Some officeholders and department heads are happy, while others are not so thrilled with the way the Greene County Council managed to cut the proposed 2005 budgets and surpass its goal by mid-afternoon Thursday...
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Barr-Reeve gets by Bloomfield
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
MONTGOMERY ---- It's been a struggle the past five matches for the Bloomfield Cardinals' tennis team. On Thursday, the Cards dropped their fifth straight match after a 3-2 loss on the road to Barr-Reeve. Of those five matches, Bloomfield tennis coach Mike Canty feels his team could have won four of them...
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