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Linton firefighters get historic contract
(Local News ~ 03/24/05)
On Wednesday morning, Mayor Tom Jones signed a contract with Linton International Association of Fire Fighters Union Local 3087. It's the first such contract in the history of the city and the Linton Fire Department. "It's been a long time coming," said LFD Chief Lonnie Eberhardt, adding that union president Kent "Opie" Wall and Treasurer/Secretary Eric Carpenter negotiated the contract with Jones...
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Muncie Central hopes to play smart to stop Lawrence North's Oden
(High School Sports ~ 03/24/05)
INDIANAPOLIS---- Defending 7-footer Greg Oden and the rest of Lawrence North's defending champions takes some strategy. Do you guard him with two or three players, leaving other scorers open? Or do you figure he's going to get his points anyway, so just try to stop everyone else?...
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Miller reaches milestone in Pacers' win
(High School Sports ~ 03/24/05)
INDIANAPOLIS---- Neither age nor the NBA's best defense can slow down Indiana's Reggie Miller now. The Pacers' 39-year-old shooting guard is still making 3-pointers, leading his teammates to victory and writing new chapters to his closing script...
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Berns uses camp to teach fundamentals
(High School Sports ~ 03/24/05)
Some of the throwing was a little high overhead (just five feet or so), and some of the baserunning wasn't quite in the right direction. Then again that wasn't exactly Linton baseball coach Bart Berns' goal for the kids who attended his Spring Training Baseball Camp from Monday through Wednesday this week...
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Lyons facility offers pain relief through infrared therapy
(Local News ~ 03/24/05)
Debbie Babcock, Bloomfield, and Mary McCallum, Bicknell, both suffered from chronic, severe pain for years that no therapy, surgery or medication could relieve. Now both women have found a successful method of pain management. They use Anodyne Therapy, a medical device cleared by the Food and Drug Administration that applies infrared photo energy to increase microcirculation ---- localized circulation ---- and temporarily reduce pain. ...
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Apple Festival Committee seeks help with parade theme
(Local News ~ 03/24/05)
The Bloomfield Apple Festival Committee needs your help. The committee is trying to develop a theme for the 2005 Apple Festival Parade planned for Sunday, Oct. 9 and wants to involve the public in the process. Committee president Leroy Barnhill said a $25 cash prize is being offered for the best parade theme idea. The contest opened about two weeks ago and so far several good theme slogans have been received...
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Three county educators receive grants
(Local News ~ 03/24/05)
Three area educators will be taking part in a teacher creativity fellowship program in individually renewing projects this summer. Martha Marmouze, an Eastern Greene elementary teacher, Lori Richmond, Eastern Greene elementary principal and Sonna Berghaier, a Linton-Stockton elementary teacher, will represent the area in the program, which is sponsored by the Lilly Endowment...
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Vacant KPT building sells at auction
(Local News ~ 03/24/05)
A vacant manufacturing building on the eastside of Bloomfield has a new owner. Bedford Machine and Tool, Inc. was the successful bidder at a U.S. Marshal's auction sale of the former KPT, Inc. tile manufacturing plant and surrounding acreage, held on Tuesday...
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Worthington thrift shop reaches out to the community
(Local News ~ 03/24/05)
WORTHINGTON ---- For Nina Hinchman, the Son Shine Shop in Worthington is not just a business but a fulfillment of a request ---- a request from the Lord to help people in the community. In answering the request, Hinchman, with help from the Rev. Mel Camp, minister of Worthington's Folsom Methodist Church, and many volunteers opened the Son Shine Shop located at 14 N. Washington St. in Worthington...
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It's been a long wait for Plymouth; even longer for Washington
(High School Sports ~ 03/24/05)
INDIANAPOLIS---- Jack Edison is one victory away from an Indiana high school basketball coaching record that he's been working on for 23 years. Edison was on the sideline when Plymouth won its first state championship with Scott Skiles in 1982, and he's still there as the Pilgrims play for the Class 3A title against top-ranked Washington and retiring coach Dave Omer on Saturday...
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