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Daniels becomes Indiana's 49th governor
(Local News ~ 01/11/05)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- Proclaiming, "I have to get to work," Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. took the oath of office Monday morning ---- becoming Indiana's 49th governor during a ceremony conducted before a packed house at the Pepsi Coliseum on the Indiana State Fairgrounds...
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Area sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 01/11/05)
Union will play its girls basketball game as a varsity only conest tonight against Sullivan. Tip time is set for 6:00 p.m. Linton's girls basketball team will play a varsity only contest this Thursday against Union beginning at 6:00 p.m. The Bloomfield American Legion will host an all you can eat Breakfast to benefit the Bloomfield Baseball team this Saturday, January 15. Price is $5.00 and runs between 6:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m...
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Putting together Invitational is time consuming
(High School Sports ~ 01/11/05)
The Greene County Invitational Tourney is more than the games being played on the court. For White River Valley Principal/Athletic Director Roger Weaver, the task of putting on a week long even can be time consuming. "It's probably my most busy week of the year," said Weaver...
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Michael D. Weaver
(Obituary ~ 01/11/05)
Michael D. Weaver, 57, of Anderson, passed away Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005 at his residence after an extended battle with cancer. He was born Aug. 12, 1947 in Linton. He was the manager at Steak-n-Shake in Anderson and Carmel for eight years. Survivors include: three children, Ryan Weaver, Linnette Weaver, and Trent Allan Weaver; one sister Bunny Ray; an adopted brother Frank Edward; three half-sisters, Patty Jo, Mary Faye and Stacey; one half-brother Hallie; his dad Pat Weaver of Linton; special friend Marcia; and several nieces and nephews.. ...
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Judith Ann (Keller) Castetter
(Obituary ~ 01/11/05)
Judith Ann (Keller) Castetter, 59, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., and formerly of Jasonville, passed away Friday, Jan. 7, 2005 at New Smyrna Beach. Born Aug. 19, 1945 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Jewel and Anna (Lovell) Keller. As a child, she attended Lincoln Christian Church...
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Switz City Council meets
(Local News ~ 01/11/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- Brian Bullock from Midwest Engineers presented bids to the Switz City Town Council for the proposed water project on Monday evening. The lowest bid for $862,852 was from Curry Construction of Mattoon, Ill. Infrastructure Systems, Inc. had the second lowest bid in the amount of $868,952. The highest bid, $1,730, 362, came from Graves Plumbing Co., Inc. of Switz City...
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Scottsburg mayor shares success story
(Local News ~ 01/11/05)
The Linton City Council had a special guest attend its regular monthly meeting Monday night. Bill Graham, mayor of Scottsburg, attended and spoke about the technological advances his city has made. Scottsburg, which is located 29 miles north of Louisville, has a population of around 6,000...
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NESC board meets
(Local News ~ 01/11/05)
HYMERA ---- Re-elected Northeast-Sullivan School board members Richard Jones, Norman Santus, and Dane Strahle took their oath of office again Monday evening. The board then elected Strahle as 2005 president, Allen Hale as vice president and Jones as secretary. Shrahle, Hale and Jones were also appointed to the NESC Board of Finance for 2005...
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Mitch's friends attend breakfast, other events
(Local News ~ 01/11/05)
INDIANAPOLIS ---- More than 300 "Friends of Mitch" gathered Monday morning for a special breakfast in their honor in the Marsh Pavilion at the fairgrounds. These were the "down home" or "everyday" people that Gov. Mitch Daniels had met on the campaign trail during his 16-month trek around the Hoosier State in a recreational vehicle that became known as RV-One...
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Jasonville City Council meets
(Local News ~ 01/11/05)
JASONVILLE ---- Opening the first regular Jasonville City Council meeting of 2005, Mayor Dorman Clark proclaimed 2004 a pretty good year and said 2005 should be, as well, if the council sticks to its stated objectives. Those objectives are: To see that all departments and affairs of the city are conducted in a professional, efficient manner...
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Linton City Council meets
(Local News ~ 01/11/05)
The Linton City Council signed an agreement Monday night with the Linton Fire Department for fire protection for the city of Linton and Stockton Township. The agreement takes place immediately and will expire Dec. 31, 2005. In old business, Mayor Tom Jones announced that $2.7 million has been received from the state to fund the Fourth Street Project...
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Jim Oliphant elected council president
(Local News ~ 01/11/05)
Leadership on the Greene County Council will not change for the year 2005 following action Monday afternoon. Jim Oliphant, of rural Bloomfield, was re-elected county council president by a 6-1 vote in the group's first meeting of the new year. Oliphant cast the lone dissenting vote, but said he would serve in the council's leadership role for another year...
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Linton pilot gets bird's-eye view of flooding
(Local News ~ 01/11/05)
A Linton man has recently gotten a bird's-eye view of areas affected by flood waters. Pilot Brent Sears flew his airplane around the Greene County area and took several aerial shots of the flooding. Sears took photographs Friday and Sunday. "I took pictures yesterday (Sunday) and it was a lot worse down at Elnora," Sears said. "I could see a drastic difference between Friday and Sunday."...
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North Daviess handles Shakamak in girls hoops
(High School Sports ~ 01/11/05)
JASONVILLE ---- Shakamak girls basketball coach Jon Miller has been pleased with his team's progress despite going winless so far in the season. On Monday however, North Daviess came in desperate for a win and pulled out all the stops to come away with a 39-20 win over the Lady Lakers in SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference action in Jasonville...
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