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Yoho steps down after 37 years of leading county Republicans
(Local News ~ 03/14/05)
BLOOMFIELD ---- After nearly 37 years as county chairman of the Republican party, a rural Solsberry man is calling it quits. Lavon Yoho, whose family has a history of being involved in politics, did not seek re-election at the annual Republican reorganization meeting March 5...
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Eastern Greene stays close in first half, but falls to Forest Park
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/05)
HUNTINGBURG ---- Eastern Greene Coach Andy Igel went into the Southridge Regional in Huntinburg knowing his team was the underdogs against No. 8 ranked Forest Park. Instead of having his team run through the motions and accept defeat, his team did something that many fans in attendance did not think they would do and that's compete...
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Bloomfield comes up short in regional opener
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/05)
LOOGOOTEE ---- No matter how hard the Bloomfield Cardinals tried in practice, in less than a week, they were never going to execute Covington's offense as well as the Trojans did. That left the question open as to how well the Cardinals' defense would fare Saturday in the opening game of the Class A regional at Loogootee...
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Bloomfield, Eastern Greene lose regional openers
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/05)
The loss did not come because of a lack of effort and desire from the T-Birds. Eastern Greene managed to keep pace with the running Rangers and their two 6-foot-7 towers in the middle in junior Brandon Hopf and sophomore Clint Hopf. Eastern Greene did its best to deny entry to the middle and tried to prevent the Hopf boys from touching the basketball. ...
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Norma R. Sexton Wise
(Obituary ~ 03/14/05)
Norma R. Sexton Wise, 82, of Greencastle and formerly of Jasonville, passed away at 4:10 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, 2005 at The Waters of Greencastle. Born Dec. 1, 1922 in Jasonville, she was the daughter of George and Emma E. (Barth) Sexton. She had been married to Claude Samuel Wise, who passed away Sept. 6, 1971...
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Cory Douglas Stevenson
(Obituary ~ 03/14/05)
Cory Douglas Stevenson, 31, of Bloomington, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2005, at his residence. Born Aug. 16, 1973 in Bedford, he was the son of Doug and Jennifer L. (Crane) Stevenson. He was a 1991 graduate of Bedford North Lawrence High School where he was the catcher for the baseball team. ...
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Barbara L. Richards
(Obituary ~ 03/14/05)
Barbara L. Richards, 73 of Bloomfield, passed away at 1:50 a.m. on Friday, March 11, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital, Linton. Born April 30, 1931 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Roy Jackson and Eva Mae (Pribble) Hunt. She had been married to Ardon V. Richards, who passed away Nov. 15, 1997...
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Thomas L. Emery
(Obituary ~ 03/14/05)
Thomas L. Emery, 80, of Linton, passed away at 6:21 a.m. Monday, March 14, 2005 at Glenburn Home, Linton. Funeral service is pending at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton. Final arrangements will be posted on the Web site www.andersonpoindexter.com...
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James F. Cunningham
(Obituary ~ 03/14/05)
James F. Cunningham, 69, of Dugger, passed away at 11:11 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2005, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Born April 11, 1935 in Greene County, he was the son of Joe and Dora Mae (Ellis) Cunningham. He was an Army veteran and was employed with C&EI Railroad, Highlines, and retired from Amax Coal Co. He was a member of the Burris Chapel Church and the Dugger Masonic Lodge...
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Leola M. (Dody) Cullison
(Obituary ~ 03/14/05)
Leola M. (Dody) Cullison, 96, of Dugger, passed away at 1:19 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2005 at Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton. Born March 20, 1908 in Greene County, she was the daughter of William and Lessie Lynn Rector. She had been married to George H. Cullison, who passed away in July 2000...
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Court of Appeals affirms local court's decision
(Local News ~ 03/14/05)
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a summary judgment handed down by the Greene Superior Court which favored the estate of an Owen County man killed on May 31, 2001 when he lost control of the semi truck he was driving and crashed into an apartment building in Bloomfield...
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Woman injured in Friday accident
(Local News ~ 03/14/05)
Myrtle J. Miller, 82, Switz City, was injured Friday when her car drove over an embankment and nose-dived into a ditch. Miller was leaving Kathy's Beauty Shop in Switz City when the accident occurred. Major Terry Pierce of the Greene County Sheriff's Department said Miller apparently thought she had her 2002 Ford Taurus in reverse to back east out of the parking lot. Instead, the vehicle was in drive, and she went west over the embankment into the ditch running along State Route 67...
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Anhydrous odor leads to meth arrest
(Local News ~ 03/14/05)
A tip from an alert citizen at the Linton Wal-Mart Super Center led to the arrest of Timothy Underhill, 34, Jasonville, on Thursday night on charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia. The tipster reported smelling the strong odor of anhydrous ammonia coming from Underhill's older model yellow Chevrolet Camaro in the Wal-Mart parking lot. ...
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Students working to bring back color guard tradition
(Local News ~ 03/14/05)
JASONVILLE ---- In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Shakamak High School Color Guard was one of the best in the area ---- winning several competitions. Now, 11 students are working hard to bring that winning tradition of color guard back to SHS. Michelle Lively, whose husband Steve teaches English at Shakamak, is the guard's sponsor. Melissa Forbes is the assistant sponsor...
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Greene County General Hospital Board meets
(Local News ~ 03/14/05)
For the first time in more than two years, the total assets of Greene County General Hospital have topped $12 million. Hospital treasurer Tim Norris told the board of trustees Friday night that the facilities financial condition remains healthy following a second good month of revenue in 2005. The hospital finished the month of February with a net gain of $177,131.57 ---- bringing the year-to-date total of the first two months of the year to $275,598.83...
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May takes over as Republican Party chairman
(Local News ~ 03/14/05)
After nearly 37 years with the same chairman, the Greene County Republican party now has a new face as its leader. On March 5, Lee May, who owns Choice Insurance in Linton, was named Republican county chairman. May got started in politics in 1994 when U.S. 8th Dist. Rep. John Hostettler (R) was running for his first term of office. Hostettler asked May to run his Greene County campaign...
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Roy Clark says he'll return to Linton again this year
(Local News ~ 03/14/05)
Hip replacement surgery last month apparently won't keep Linton's adopted favorite son ---- country music legend Roy Clark ---- from making a stage appearance at this year's Greene County Foundation Festival in early June. Clark's manager Taylor Seale informed Foundation board member Don Steward on Sunday that Clark would be appearing in Linton for the 26th annual fundraiser events, as planned...
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LeBron James scores 35 in win over Pacers
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/05)
CLEVELAND ---- LeBron James scored 35 points, Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 16 and the Cleveland Cavaliers looked sharp in their first game in four days, a 98-86 win over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. The Cavaliers, who hadn't played since snapping a six-game losing streak Tuesday night, had a season-low five turnovers and held Indiana to three field goals over the final 14:36 and 15 points in the fourth. Cleveland also outrebounded Indiana 46-34...
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